Australia’s pride will be shattered at Optus Stadium in Perth. At the end of the third day of the first Test match of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India, hosts Australia lost three wickets for 12 runs while chasing a target of 534 runs. From the first day of the test match, the dominance of the Indian team was evident, even denying the Australian team any chance of comeback. On the third day of the Perth Test match, India scored two century innings, one by Yashasvi Jaiswal and the other by Virat Kohli ) bat. Kohli had to face criticism as he was unable to hit big innings in Test cricket for a long time but now Kohli has answered everyone with the bat and scored the 30th century of his Test career.
Virat Kohli became the third player after Sachin and Ponting to do this.
When Virat Kohli came to bat in the second session of the third day of the Perth Test match, India were in a very good position and Kohli took advantage of it by batting cautiously at the beginning before establishing himself location. During this period, Kohli was supported by Washington Sundar and Nitish Reddy. Both batted aggressively, putting the Australian bowlers at a complete disadvantage. Kohli scored an unbeaten 100 runs against 143 balls, which included 8 fours and 2 sixes. In this century, Kohli also achieved a great feat of becoming the third international cricketer after Sahin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting to play 30 or more innings in Tests and ODIs .
Players who have scored 30 or more runs in Tests and ODIs
Sachin Tendulkar – 51 Test centuries, 49 ODI centuries
Ricky Ponting – 41 Test centuries, 30 ODI centuries
Virat Kohli – 30 Test centuries, 50 ODI centuries
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