New Delhi: Team India will play the third Test against Australia in Indore on Wednesday. Under the Test series being played under the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, this match will start at 9.30 am. Although many records will be on target in this match, but Team India’s explosive batsman Virat Kohli will register his name as soon as he enters this match.
Virat Kohli will play 200th match on home ground
Actually, Virat Kohli will play his 200th match at home ground. Indore will be witness to this historic moment. Kohli has so far played a total of 199 international matches including 48 Tests, 107 ODIs and 44 T20s on home ground. In such a situation, he will register his 200th match as soon as he lands on the ground in Indore. Kohli is the 14th batsman in the world and the fourth batsman in India to play the most number of matches at home and away ground in his international career. He has played a total of 492 matches so far. Out of which 199 are at home ground.
Tomorrow, Virat Kohli will be playing his 200th Intl match at Home 💥
When he Played his 100th Intl match at Home, He Scored unbeaten 154*#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/1cizckmVAU
— 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒔 (@Shebas_10dulkar) February 28, 2023
Just 8 matches away from touching the 500 mark
Kohli is just 8 matches away from touching the 500 mark. By the way, the record of playing the most international matches is also recorded in the name of an Indian batsman. Cricket great Sachin Tendulkar played 664 matches in his international career. MS Dhoni is in second place among Indian batsmen. Whose name has 538 matches registered.
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 28, 2023
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 28, 2023
On the other hand, Team India’s current coach and former batsman Rahul Dravid is in third place among Indian batsmen. He played 509 matches in his career. When Kohli played his 100th match on the home ground, he scored an unbeaten inning of 154 runs. It will be interesting to see how many runs Virat Kohli scores in this crucial match. Team India will become the first team to qualify for the final of the World Test Championship as soon as they win the Indore match.
