- The Indian team is going to play a five-match Test series against Australia, the first match of which will be held in Perth. But before that, dashing batsman Virat Kohli has created a stir by playing a stormy innings of 72 runs in 18 balls.
After failing miserably in the New Zealand and Bangladesh Test series, Indian batsman Virat Kohli will try to make a comeback with a stellar performance in the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. His recent form disappointed the fans a lot. In such a situation, now his aim will be to bat fiercely against Australia. Meanwhile, cricket fans were seen remembering that innings of Virat Kohli, in which he thrashed the Kangaroo bowlers and scored 72 runs in just 18 balls.
Virat Kohli’s bat created a ruckus
A decade ago, the Indian team toured Australia for the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2014-15. During that time, four Test matches were played between the two teams, in which Team India had to face a humiliating defeat of 2-0. However, in the meantime, Virat Kohli left an impression on the hearts of the fans with his explosive batting. In eight innings of four matches, he scored 692 runs at an average of 86.50 and was the second highest run-scorer in the series. A total of four centuries and one half-century were seen from his bat in this series.
Kangaroo bowlers were given a lesson
The third match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2014-15 was played in Melbourne, in which Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. Steve Smith’s century and Shane Watson’s half-century helped the team score 530 runs in the first innings. In response, Murali Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli played explosive innings and put the team in a strong position. Apart from these three, no other player’s bat performed well. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli created havoc by scoring a half-century in 18 balls.
got out after scoring so many runs
Actually, Virat Kohli played an innings of 169 runs on 272 balls, out of which he hit fours on 18 balls. In this way, he was successful in scoring 72 runs through boundaries. Apart from these, Ajinkya Rahane and Murali Vijay scored 147 runs and 68 runs respectively.
India scored 465 runs on the basis of the innings of these three. In response, Australia scored 318 runs and gave Team India a target of 384 runs. But by the end of the fifth day of the match, MS Dhoni and company were able to score only 174 runs at the loss of 6 wickets, due to which the match between the two teams was drawn. During this, Virat Kohli was out after scoring 54 runs in 99 balls.