India’s carrom-baller, spin wizard Ashwin bids adieu to international cricket
India's decorated off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin announced his decision to retire from international cricket moments after the Brisbane Test ended in a draw.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli has shut down his critics again and again with his performance. In the recently concluded India’s tour to South Africa, Virat shattered many records, including that of Australian cricket legend Allan Border by becoming the second highest run-scorer in a tour as a captain. The number one spot is held by former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith.
Virat Kohli scored 871 runs with the batting average of 79.18 in the three-Test matches, six One day International (ODI) matches and two T20I matches against the Proteas in the Rainbow Nation.
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Notably, Virat was absent from the Third T20I due to the stiff back and in his absence, Rohit Sharma led the team.
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Former Aussie player Allan Border had scored 785 runs in a single tour as the skipper and had achieved this feat during Australia tour to England in 1985. ‘Run Machine’ Kohli scored 871 runs, which included four centuries and two fifties.
Here is the list of players with most runs as a captain on an away tour:
Graeme Smith vs England – 937 runs – 16 innings
Virat Kohli vs South Africa – 871 runs – 14 innings
Allan Border vs England – 785 runs – 14 innings
Alastair Cook vs India – 769 runs – 13 innings
Virat had accumulated 286 runs in Test series and 558 runs in ODI series. Virat had also become the only batsman in the world to score more than 500 runs in a bilateral ODI series.
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