For Test matches in Australia, the great wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist has selected Virat Kohli over Joe Root. According to Gilchrist, Kohli has an advantage over Root because of his outstanding century in Perth during the 2018–19 Test series in Australia. Virat Kohli has an amazing record in Australia, having amassed six hundreds there.
Adam Gilchrist chose Virat Kohli over Joe Root
Virat Kohli has an amazing record in Australia, having amassed six hundreds there. In Australia (Adelaide), he scored his first hundred runs in a Test match during the 2011–12 series. Australia has been one of his favorite places to score runs ever since. But even after visiting Australia several times for the Ashes series, England star Joe Root has never scored a hundred there. It is surprising that a batsman with Joe Root’s level of experience—over 12,000 runs in Test cricket—has not yet amassed a hundred runs in an Australian Test match.
Virat Kohli and Joe Root were a difficult choice for Adam Gilchrist to make while he was chatting on Club Prairie Fire.Gilchrist was quick to acknowledge that in white-ball cricket, Kohli is far superior to Root. The former Australian cricket player was made to think more carefully about the Test format, though.
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“Those are remarkable numbers, especially for Joe Root. I am looking at the incredible stats that we have here in front of me, which belong to Virat Kohli. I understand that you are considering Australians such as Chappell and Ponting. Isn’t the 50-number mark the standard for greatness, always?” Gilchrist estimated. When you combine Virat’s numbers with his specifically impressive ODI and T20I careers, it’s truly captivating. Gilchrist chose Kohli when asked to choose between the two in T20Is. “Yeah, I’ll take him (Virat Kohli),” he added. Kohli was also selected by the 52-year-old for the ODI format.
Virat’s incredible century at the Perth stadium
In the second Test of the four-match series between India and Australia, Virat Kohli led from the front with a superb century on Day 3 at a hard Optus Stadium field in Perth. India won the first Test at Adelaide Oval by 31 runs, taking a 1-0 lead in the series.
With a drive from Mitchell Starc that streaked off to a boundary, Kohli reached his hundred. Then, he removed his helmet and set it down. He then tapped his bat and made the gesture, “I’m letting my bat do the talking,” with his hand. While Michael Clarke told the broadcasters on the post-lunch program that he thought Kohli might be suggesting that whatever I might say otherwise, my bat does all the talking, the analysts pondered the significance of the celebration.
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