Australia Vs India: The Men in Blue have taken a lead of one nil when they won the opening match of this five-match series of the red ball format. In the 1st Test match, India registered their highest win in terms of runs. Under the leadership of Boom Boom Bumrah, India won the opening encounter by a whopping margin of 295 runs at Optus Stadium in Perth.
India was bundled out for just 150 runs in the first innings. But they bounced back through their bowlers. Bumrah led from the front and grabbed his first win as a red ball match skipper of the Men in Blue side. Then, in the second innings of the 1st Test, two of the Indian batters registered tons in one match, which put the visitors firmly ahead.
Scoring a century in any format in Australia is not easy and scoring more tons Down Under is very difficult. Still, 5 Indian batters have amassed this feat of scoring more centuries on the soil of Australia. Today, in this segment, we shall mention those Batters from The Men in Blue who have achieved this mind-blowing milestone Down Under –
- Virat Kohli – The King has scored seven red ball tons in Australia, which is the most by any Indian player on Australian soil. King Kohli’s seventh century came in the second innings of the Perth Test Match. He also went past Sachin Tendulkar’s six centuries. Kohli has scored 1457 runs with four half-centuries and seven tons in the Aussie Nation.
- Sachin Tendulkar – The Master Blaster is the leading run-getter for India in the red ball matches played Down Under. The God Of Cricket has scored 1809 runs in the Aussie nation in Test matches with the most number of half centuries and second most hundreds. Sachin Tendulkar has scored seven fifties which is the most and six tons to his name.
- Sunil Gavaskar – The Test series played between Australia and India has also been named after Sunil Gavaskar alongside Allan Border. Sunny Ji is the batting legend of the Indian Team, and he also led India during his playing days. Gavaskar has the third-most tons in red-ball matches played in the Aussie nation. He has scored five centuries Down Under and has 920 runs to his name in Australia.
- VVS Laxman – This batter from Hyderabad, VVS Laxman had always dominated the Aussies during his playing days. Laxman’s 281-run knock against Australia at the Eden Gardens is still being remembered as the great innings played by an Indian batter against the Aussies. In Australia, he had scored 1236 runs with four tons to his name.
- Cheteshwar Pujara – The hero of India in the last two red ball series in Australia, Cheteshwar Pujara hasn’t found a place in India’s squad for this current series. We end this top five list by mentioning Pujara because he has scored three centuries Down Under and that is also the fifth most by an Indian in the Aussie nation. India’s former number three batter has 3 tons and he has scored 993 runs to his name in Australia.
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