The much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy has started between India and Australia. The Indian team has won the last three Test series against Australia. But this series will be the toughest for Rohit Sharma & Co., And as a skipper, this is the real test for Rohit too.
Everyone will be eyeing many records during the series between India and Australia. Let’s look at the records that players can achieve in this series.
India’s Supreme batter Virat Kohli needs 64 runs to complete 25000 runs in his international career. He is currently in sixth place in terms of scoring the most runs in all three formats. Kohli has scored 24,936 runs in 490 international matches. During this, he has scored 74 centuries and 129 half-centuries.
When Virat completes 64 runs, he will become the second Indian batter to score 25,000 runs. Sachin Tendulkar has done this before him. Tendulkar scored 34,357 runs in 664 international matches. During this, Sachin scored 100 centuries and 164 half-centuries.
The second milestone that Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara can achieve. He can complete his two thousand against Australia. He has scored 1893 runs at an average of 54.08 in 20 Tests with the help of five centuries and ten fifties. Sachin Tendulkar is on top in scoring the most runs against Australia. He scored 3630 runs. He is followed by VVS Laxman (2434) and Rahul Dravid (2143). If Pujara scores 107 runs in the series, then his two thousand runs will be completed.
Steve Smith has scored eight centuries in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He will equal Sachin’s nine centuries if he scores one more century. Tendulkar had scored nine centuries in 34 Tests in this rivalry. If Smith scores two centuries, he will go ahead of Sachin. If we look at the overall record, Sachin has scored 11 centuries in 39 Tests against Australia.