- Indian batsman Virat Kohli is ready to play the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 against Australia. The first match started on 22 November at the Perth ground, in which captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and chose to bat first.
Indian batsman Virat Kohli is ready to play the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 against Australia. The first match started on 22 November at the Perth ground, in which captain Jaspreet Bumrah won the toss and chose to bat first. The team did not have a good start by losing Yashasvi Jaiswal’s wicket early. But Virat Kohli’s strong performance was seen on this ground of Australia. He (Virat Kohli) scored a lot of runs by thrashing the Kangaroo bowlers.
Virat Kohli’s bat wreaked havoc
The first match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 is being hosted by Optus Cricket Stadium in Perth, Australia. Many IND vs AUS Test matches have been played on this ground. In December 2018 also, both the teams faced each other at the Perth Stadium. In this, Indian batsman Virat Kohli gave an impressive performance by thrashing the Kangaroo bowlers. Team India toured Australia for the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2018-19. In the second match held in Perth, the host team captain Tim Paine chose to bat first, after which the Australian team’s innings was reduced to 326 runs.
a flurry of fours
The Indian team that came to bat in the reply innings did not have a good start at all. The team lost two wickets at a score of just eight runs. KL Rahul was out after scoring 2 runs, while Murali Vijay could not even open his account. In such a situation, captain Virat Kohli took charge and started thrashing the Kangaroo bowlers. He batted for 373 minutes on the field and scored 123 runs facing 257 balls. During this, 13 fours and a six came off his bat. Apart from him, Ajinkya Rahane scored 51 runs. On the basis of the innings of these two, India put 283 runs on the scoreboard in the first innings.
This team got victory
Batting in the second innings, Australia scored 243 runs. Thanks to Usman Khawaja’s half-century, the team gave India a target of 287 runs. In reply, the Indian team was all out for 140 runs, due to which it had to face defeat by 146 runs. During this, no batsman could score more than 30 runs for India. Apart from Murali Vijay (20), Virat Kohli (17), Ajinkya Rahane (30), Hanuma Vihari (28) and Rishabh Pant (30), no batsman could touch the double digit mark.