Virat Kohli To Jasprit Bumrah: Indian Players Test Record In Australia
Rohit Sharma:
Rohit Sharma will lead India in the Test series against Australia, but he is not available for the first Test due to the birth of his second child
Rohit has played seven Tests in Australia and has 408 runs to his name with the help of three half-centuries
Shubman Gill:
Shubman made his Test debut for India in Melbourne on December 26, 2020, and has played in a total of three red-ball matches in Australia
He is right-handed batter, who is expected to miss the series opener in Perth from Friday due to injury, has scored 259 Test runs in Australia at an average of 51.80
In his last innings in Australia (January 18-19, 2021),he top-order batter scored 91 runs to set the foundation of India’s famous win by three wickets in Brisbane
Virat Kohli:
Virat Kohli has toured Australia four times in the past to play Test matches and is one of the most successful batters there
In 13 matches played, the former Indian captain has scored 1352 runs. His batting average in Australia is 54.08, and he has six centuries to his name. During the India tour of Australia in 2014-15, Kohli amassed a total of 692 runs in four matches
KL Rahul:
KL Rahul made his Test debut for India during the 2014 Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and scored a century in the next match played at Sydney Cricket Ground
The 32-year-old right-handed batter, who is all set to open the innings for India in Perth, has only managed to score 187 runs in nine innings of five Tests played in Australia
Rishabh Pant :
Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has the highest batting average (62.40) among Indians in Test matches played in Australia
In 12 innings of seven matches played so far with the help of one century and two fifties, has scored 624 runs. His career-best Test score of 159 runs was against Australia in the January 2019 Test played at Sydney Cricket Ground
Ravindra Jadeja:
World No. 1 Test all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has played four Tests in Australia, and apart from scoring 175 runs with the bat, he has picked up 14 wickets and completed two catches
The 35-year-old cricketer from Jamnagar will face tough competition from R Ashwin and Washington Sundar for a place in India’s playing XI during the entire series
Ravichandran Ashwin:
R Ashwin is India’s most successful bowler in Test cricket against Australia. In 22 matches played so far, the 38-year-old spinner has dismissed 114 Aussie batters
Jasprit Bumrah:
India’s premier pacer and stand-in captain for the first Test of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy Jasprit Bumrah has faced Australia seven times in Test cricket, and all those matches were played in Australia