Virat Kohli라이브 바카라 Test Career In Numbers: Highlights Of Modern Great라이브 바카라 Red-Ball Impact

Virat Kohli called it quits from Test cricket and ended a fabulous career which saw him rise to great heights both as a batter and leader. He bid farewell with an aggregate of 9230 runs in 123 Tests – which places him at number 4 on the all-time India list only behind Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar.

Kohli wore his heart on his sleeve and redefined the game for India in whites not only with his batting but also his aggressive and attacking mindset. He had a stunning record against Australia – the best opposition unit during his Test career and was also India라이브 바카라 most successful captain ever in the format.

We look at a few numbers which defined Virat Kohli – the Test batter and leader.

The Birth Of Kohli – The Test Batter

Kohli announced himself in the 4th Test in Adelaide in 2012 when walking out to bat at 87 for 4, he scored a masterclass 116 against the likes of Peter Siddle and co. Although Australia went on to win the match by 298 runs, the innings – which was incidentally Kohli라이브 바카라 maiden Test ton – gave rise to a young superstar from India. It was the birth of Virat Kohli – the Test batter.

The Golden Period – 2016 To 2019

Kohli was at the peak of his batting prowess between 2016 and 2019 – he was unarguably the highest impact batter in Test cricket during this period, towering above other members of the Fab 4 - Joe Root, Steven Smith and Kane Williamson. Kohli had an aggregate of 4208 runs in 43 Tests in these four years at a sensational average of 66.79.

Only Root had a higher aggregate – he scored just 34 more runs but in 29 more innings and Smith had a marginally better average amongst the 57 batters who scored a minimum of 1000 runs in the period. Kohli had an average of 75.93 in 2016, 75.64 in 2017, 55.08 in 2018 and 68 in 2019 – cumulatively the most prolific years of his Test career. No one registered more tons than Kohli라이브 바카라 16 in this period.

55.10 – Kohli라이브 바카라 Peak As A Test batter

Kohli reached his peak as a Test batter at the end of the Pune Test in October, 2019 in which he piled on a colossal unbeaten 254 as India powered to a massive win by an innings and 137 runs. Kohli라이브 바카라 Test average soared to 55.1 – the highest ever it has been at the end of a Test!

The Best Against The Best– Record Vs Australia

Kohli had a fantastic record against Australia, both at home and away. Overall, he scored 2232 runs in 30 Tests against them at an average of 43.76 with nine hundreds.

Only Jack Hobbs (12 in 41 Tests) and Sachin Tendulkar (11 in 39 Tests) recorded more Test tons against the Australians, who were unarguably, despite their own highs and lows, the toughest opposition during Kohli라이브 바카라 career.

Kohli had a brilliant run in Australia and had an aggregate of 1542 runs in 18 Tests (across 5 tours) at an average of 46.72. His seven hundreds Down Under are the joint second-most after Hobbs (9)!

The tour of 2014-15 to Australia led Kohli to Test greatness as he piled on a magnificent 692 runs in just four matches at a strike rate of 63.3. It is the highest aggregate by an overseas batter in a 4-Test series in Australia. Kohli hammered four tons in the series which are the joint-most by a visiting batter in any Test series in Australia.

One of his finest Test knocks came in the series opener at the Adelaide Oval when chasing 364, Kohli led India라이브 바카라 charge and hammered a magnificent 141 off just 175 deliveries.

Australia got a real scare as India came close but eventually went down by 48 runs. Kohli had also registered a ton in the first innings which meant that he joined a unique club of Indian cricketers (4 till that point) who had scored a hundred in each innings of a Test!

Kohli Conquers England

Kohli had a disastrous tour of England in 2014 in which he scored just 134 runs in five Tests at an average of 13.4 with not even one fifty-plus score. Such overseas tours have ended the careers of many famous players in Test history but Kohli was made of a different mettle.

He came back four years later and conquered the conditions and his play against the moving ball, piling on 593 runs in five matches with two tons and three fifties on the 2018 tour of England.

The Most Double Hundreds For India

Kohli was a master at converting hundreds into double tons. He recorded seven double hundreds in his Test career – the most for an Indian batter – and the joint-fourth most in Test history only after Don Bradman, Kumar Sangakkara and Brian Lara.

India라이브 바카라 Most Successful Test Captain

Kohli led India in 68 Tests and the team went on to win 40 of these matches for a win percentage of 58.82%. It is the third-highest win percentage for a captain (min. 25 Tests at the helm) only after greats like Steve Waugh (71.93%) and Ricky Ponting (62.34%).

Kohli라이브 바카라 greatest achievement as a Test captain came in 2018-19 when he led India to a historic maiden series win in Australia.

Unleashing India라이브 바카라 Pace Quartet

Beyond all the numbers, the greatest legacy of Kohli – the leader – was the rise of India라이브 바카라 Test pace quartet during his stint as captain. From Jasprit Bumrah라이브 바카라 debut in Cape Town in 2018 till the end of the Centurion Test in December 2021, India라이브 바카라 fast bowlers had the best bowling average in the world (23.46).

Kapil Dev was the lone warrior in the 1970s and 80s and that mantle was taken over by Javagal Srinath in the 1990s and Zaheer Khan in the 2000s. However, for the first time in their Test history, India had a quartet led by Bumrah who had the support of Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav – all at the peak of their prowess in the format.