Virat Kohli Test Match में पीछे छोड़ पायेंगे AB De Villiers को?

Virat Kohli Test Match: Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers has said that he is hoping to see the best performance from Virat Kohli on India’s upcoming tour of South Africa. India will play three T20, three-match and two Test matches against South Africa on a month-long tour.

This is going to be seen in the India-South Africa series also. If Virat Kohli performs as per his status against South Africa, it would not be surprising if he leaves behind at least 5 batsmen in terms of scoring the most Test runs. Especially Kohli can leave VVS Laxman and AB de Villiers behind in the first test match itself. India-South Africa Test series starts from 26th December.

Virat Kohli Test Match

Virat Kohli Test Match: Virat Kohli has been playing Test cricket since 2011. He has played 111 test matches in these 12 years. Kohli has so far scored 8676 runs in 187 innings of 111 test matches at an average of 49.29. This includes 29 centuries and 29 half-centuries. In this ‘elite format’ of cricket, Kohli is at number 23 in terms of scoring most runs. That means there are 22 batsmen who have scored more runs than Kohli. The South Africa tour is an opportunity for Kohli to make his place among the top 20 batsmen scoring the most runs. If Virat Kohli scores 324 runs on the South African tour, he will complete his 9000 test runs.

If King Kohli does this feat, he can leave behind VVS Laxman, AB de Villiers, Inzamam Ul Haq, Javed Miandad and Graham Gooch in his journey. Inzamam ul Haq has 8830 runs in his name in 120 tests. Javed Miandad has 8832 runs in his name in 124 tests. Graham Gooch had scored 8900 runs in 118 test matches.

Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers Between Test Match Data:

Virat Kohli Test Match: Currently, in the list of most runs, the name of AB de Villiers comes just above Virat Kohli and after that VVS Laxman. VVS Laxman scored 8781 runs in 134 test matches at an average of 45.97. He scored 17 centuries and 56 half-centuries in his Test career. Whereas AB de Villiers has scored 8765 runs in 114 test matches at an average of 50.66. That means Virat Kohli needs only 106 runs to leave these two behind.

As far as scoring the most runs in Test cricket is concerned, this record is in the name of Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin played 200 test matches in his career. He scored 15921 runs in 329 innings of these matches. Sachin also has the record of maximum 51 test centuries in his name.

AB de Villiers says that ‘we will see the best performance of Virat Kohli in India’s upcoming tour of South Africa.

Virat Kohli Test Match: Virat Kohli will join the team for the 2-match test series against South Africa Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers has said that he is hoping to see the best performance from Virat Kohli on India’s upcoming tour of South Africa. India will play three T20, three ODI and two Test matches against South Africa in a month-long tour.

Virat Kohli Test Match: AB de Villiers says Virat Kohli will give his best performance against South Africa. AB de Villiers hopes Virat Kohli’s enthusiasm will increase on South Africa tour.

India tour of South Africa: T20 series

The first T20 match will be played in Durban, followed by Gkebarha on 12 December and Johannesburg on 14 December. After the T20 series, Rahul will also lead India in the ODI series, starting with the first match on December 17. Match in Johannesburg. After this the teams will play matches in Gkebarha on 19th December and Paarl on 21st December.

India will take on South Africa in the first three-match T20 series, with KL Rahul leading the captaincy.

The tour will conclude with the much-awaited Test series Freedom Series for the Gandhi-Mandela Trophy. Kohli and Rohit will return to the squad as India take on South Africa in the first Test in Centurion from December 26 to 30, followed by the second Test in Cape Town from January 3 to 7. Speaking to PTI ahead of the series, de Villiers said that he hopes to see the best performance from Kohli, adding that he will be excited for the series. India has never defeated South Africa in a Test series away from home.

“We will see the best of Virat. I can’t wait to see Cena taunt, make eye contact with the opposition and get a little verbal with everyone. Because they will be excited for this series. South Africa will have to be careful. De Villiers said, this Indian team is completely world class.

Indian test team for South Africa tour:

Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohd. Shami*, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna.