The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is to be played between india and australia from november 22, in which a five-match Test series is to be played between the two teams. The indian team is leaving for australia in two batches for this series. One batch left on the night of november 10 while the second batch is going to leave on november 11. But amidst all this, virat kohli has become the first indian cricketer to set foot on Australian soil.
virat kohli set foot on Australian soil
virat kohli has become the first indian player to reach australia to play the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He flew to australia before his teammates and is now busy preparing for the first Test in Perth. According to a report in the Times of india, virat kohli has reached Perth before the rest of the players. One group has already left and the second group is going to leave today. Let us tell you that virat kohli was spotted at mumbai airport on 9 november with his wife Anushka Sharma and both children, where fans were seen taking selfies with him.
Virat Kohli's statistics in Test matches on Australian soil
In the current indian team, virat kohli is the highest run scorer in Test matches on Australian soil. virat kohli has played 13 Test matches in Australia. In these 13 Test matches, he has scored 1352 runs at an average of 54.08. This includes 6 centuries and 4 half-centuries. virat kohli scored the first century of his Test career on 24 january 2012 at adelaide Oval. During his first century, kohli scored 116 runs in 213 balls at a strike rate of 54.46.
indian players will leave for australia in two batches
This time the players of the indian team are leaving for australia in two batches. In the first batch, key players like Shubman Gill, Mohammed Siraj, akash Deep, washington sundar and yashasvi jaiswal left for australia on november 10. The rest of the squad and support staff, including head coach gautam Gambhir, will fly to australia on november 11.
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