BGT 2024-25: Virat Kohli joins Sachin Tendulkar, becomes 2nd cricketer to play 100 internationals against Australia

Virat Kohli has played 100 out of 541 international cricket matches against the Aussies.

The highly awaited third test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 kicked off on Saturday, December 14 at the Gabba in Brisbane. Opting to bowl first, India made two key changes to their lineup. Star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja replaced Ravichandran Ashwin, while Akash Deep got the nod over Harshit Rana. On the other hand Josh Hazlewood replaced Scott Boland in Australia’s playing XI.

Frequent rain interruptions allowed only 13.2 overs on the opening day. Australia negated the tricky passage of play comfortably to finish with a score of 28/0. Usman Khawaja (19*) and Nathan McSweeney (4*) will resume the proceedings on the second day. Meanwhile, the Indian seamers struggled to extract any notable movement from what seems to be a batting Gabba pitch.

Amid frequent rain breaks, the game also witnessed Virat Kohli joining Sachin Tendulkar as only the second cricketer to play 100 international games against Australia.

Virat Kohli becomes second cricketer to play 100 internationals against Australia

Virat Kohli has now become only the second cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar to play 100 international games against Australia.

Sachin Tendulkar played 110 matches against the Aussies, winning 39 and losing 61, with six draws and four games ending in no result. He scored 6,707 runs at an average of 49.68, including 20 hundreds and 51 half-centuries.

Kohli has now joined him in the elite list of playing 100 or more international cricket matches against Australia, winning and losing 45 games each, with five draws and four no-results. He has scored 5,326 runs at an average of 50.24, with 17 hundreds and 27 half-centuries.

Playing XI of both teams for Brisbane test:

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj.

Australia: Nathan McSweeney, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood.

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