Most Runs in Border Gavaskar Trophy: Border-Gavaskar Trophy was started in 1996. After that, a total of 56 matches have been played in this series between India and Australia, out of which Team India has won on 24 occasions and Kangaroo team has won on 20 occasions. For 28 years, this trophy has remained a big source of entertainment for the players as well as the fans, in which the record of scoring the most runs is in the name of Sachin Tendulkar.
Virat is far behind Sachin
The player who played the most matches in Border-Gavaskar Trophy history is Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 3,262 runs in 65 innings of 34 matches. Tendulkar was also one of the best batsmen of this series in terms of average. He played 9 centuries and 16 half-centuries in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy while scoring runs at an average of 56.24.
Talking about Virat Kohli, he has batted in 42 innings of 24 matches so far in the history of BGT. In the history of this series, he has scored 1,979 runs at an average of 48.26. Apart from this, he has also scored 8 centuries and 5 fifties in the history of this series, but compared to Sachin, he seems to be standing far behind.
Virat Kohli can create a big record
Talking about the currently playing cricketers, the record of scoring the most runs in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is in the name of Cheteshwar Pujara, who has not played any Test match for Team India after June 2023. He has scored 2,033 runs in 24 matches of Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Whereas Virat Kohli is only 54 runs behind him in this matter. Once Virat scores 54 runs, he will become the active player scoring the most runs in this series. After him in this list comes Steve Smith, who currently has 1,887 runs in 18 matches.
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