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Australia vs India: Virat Kohli made 74 runs in India’s 1st innings of the primary Test in Adelaide.© AFP
Virat Kohli on Thursday returned to the Adelaide Oval – a floor the place he has loved nice success – and completed the first day of the primary Test between India and Australia with an mixture of 505 runs on the venue, essentially the most for him from the grounds the place he has performed Test cricket. With three centuries in three Tests earlier than this sport, Kohli had 431 runs on the Oval at a mean of 71.83. His knock of 74 on Day One pushed the tally previous 500 and likewise took it over his mixture on the Ferozshah Kotla in New Delhi, of 467 runs.
Other venues the place Kohli has been prolific are the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai (433 runs), Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad (379) and the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur (354).
Adelaide is the one abroad venue among the many high 5.
Kohli acquired his maiden Test century at Adelaide again in 2012 earlier than hitting centuries in each innings of the 2014 Test.
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While he managed scores of three and 34 on the South Australian floor on India’s 2018-19 tour, Kohli seemed set for an additional hundred on Thursday earlier than a mix-up with Ajinkya Rahane resulted in his run out within the third session.
Kohli’s scores in Adelaide now learn 116, 22, 115, 141, 3, 34 and 74 and he averages an impressive 72.14.
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