Spotlight on Virat Kohli in Australia - Records and Stats

Updated At: 2024/11/19

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy between Australia and India is about to go on the floors and things are getting heated up in international cricket. It will be exciting to see the two teams colliding in the first fixture on 22nd November at Perth. Check out the match prediction for Australia vs India 1st test.

In the past few months, the two teams have made some noise in international cricket in their respective way. The year 2023 was dominated by Australia as they won the ODI World Cup in India.

The first half of the year was good news for team India as they won the T20 World Cup 2024. It was a dominating performance by men in blue and their efforts finally paid off.

However, both teams have seen some dark days in the ongoing cricket season. Team India lost a Test series at home against New Zealand and their series loss came after 12 years of winning streak at home.

Australia, on the other hand, lost an ODI series against Pakistan at home by 1-2. However, the team recovered immediately and bounced back by winning the T20 series against Pakistan at home.

When it comes to the Test series between Australia and India, one player who will be in the spotlight throughout the series will be India’s Virat Kohli. Kohli has been a strong pillar for team India on Australian pitches and he has come out as the match-winner on multiple occasions. The best betting sites in India will have the best odds in favour of Virat Kohli.

Virat Kohli - The Expert of Australian Pitches

Virat Kohli has come out as the expert batsman on the Australian pitches for team India. His stats define his domination whenever Kohli has played in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Virat Kohli - Test Career Stats

	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	100s	50s
Virat Kohli	118	9040	47.83	55.76	29	31

Virat Kohli - Border-Gavaskar Trophy Stats

	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	100s	50s
Virat Kohli	24	1979	48.26	52.25	8	5

Virat Kohli - Vs Australia in Test Format

	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	100s	50s
Virat Kohli	25	2042	47.48	52.41	8	5

Virat Kohli - In Australia for Test Format

	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	100s	50s
Virat Kohli	13	1352	54.08	53.14	6	4

Virat Kohli - In Away Conditions

	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	100s	50s
Virat Kohli	61	4584	42.84	53.11	15	18

What Makes Virat Kohli Exceptional in Australia?

One of the biggest aspects which always works in favour of Virat Kohli is his ability to play against pace bowling. He is an excellent batsman to play Test cricket against a pace attack and has a huge collection of shorts to score runs against bouncers.

Another aspect that works in his favour is his ability to play quickly on the pitches that support a pace attack. In his entire career, Virat has scored 6904 runs against a pace attack at an average of 43.98 with a strike rate of 54.82.

In the past few years, Virat Kohli has not come out as his best version in the red-ball format. However, he is expected to make full use of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and bounce back in Test cricket.