IND vs AUS: Virat Kohli eyes Sachin Tendulkar’s historic Test record at MCG-OxBig News Network

Virat Kohli is on the cusp of a massive record going into India’s fourth Test against Pat Cummins’ Australia, starting Thursday, December 26. Kohli has a chance of becoming India’s top run-scorer in Tests at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The legendary Sachin Tendulkar currently holds the record with 449 runs from five Tests at an average of 44.90 and a strike-rate of 58.69 with a hundred and three fifties.

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Kohli is currently placed third in the list with 316 runs from three Tests at an average of 52.66 with a top score of 169 to show for his efforts. Ajinkya Rahane, who led India in Kohli’s absence in the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2020-21, is second in the list, having scored 369 runs from three games at an average of 73.80 with two centuries.

Most runs for India in Tests at MCG

Sachin Tendulkar – 449 runs from 5 Tests

Ajinkya Rahane – 369 runs from 3 Tests

Virat Kohli – 316 runs from 3 Tests

Virender Sehwag – 280 runs from 2 Tests

Rahul Dravid – 263 runs from 4 Tests

Virat Kohli looking for consistency

Kohli hasn’t quite been at his very best in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy. In three games, Kohli has scored only 126 runs at an average of 31.50. Apart from his century in the second innings of the Perth Test, which India won by 295 runs, Kohli has struggled for runs.

In the Day-Night Test at the Adelaide Oval, the 36-year-old Kohli got scores of seven and 11. In the third Test at The Gabba in Brisbane, Kohli got out for seven in the first innings while trying to chase a ball outside the off-stump.

With the series currently locked at 1-1, Kohli’s role in the Melbourne Test is expected to hold a lot of importance. India are looking to win their third Test series on the trot on Australian soil.

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