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Virat Kohli 207 Runs Away From Surpassing Rahul Dravid To Achieve Big India Record

Star India batter Virat Kohli, who ended his two-and-a-half-year century drought in the Asia Cup 2022, had a memorable run in the entire tournament. Kohli ended his campaign with a total of 276 runs to his name, the second highest in the tournament. Kohli is now eyeing a good performance against Australia in the home series and yet another milestone in his career. He is just 207 runs away from surpassing India head coach Rahul Dravid to become the second highest run-getter across all formats for India. When achieves the mark he will also become the sixth-highest run-scorer in international cricket.

Virat Kohli Bowls In Nets Ahead Of 1st T20I vs Australia. See Pics

India and Australia would kickstart their final leg of preparation for the T20 World Cup on Tuesday when these two teams meet in the first of the three T20Is at the PCA Stadium in Mohali. It would be interesting to see what combination both teams go in with. Ahead of the first T20I, former India skipper Virat Kohli was seen bowling in the nets and this might be an indication that he be called upon as a bowler if any of the main bowlers are having a bad day at the office.

New Zealand's Guptill to play at 7th T20 World Cup

Martin Guptill is set to play at a seventh Twenty20 World Cup after New Zealand on Tuesday kept the nucleus of the squad beaten in last year's final.

SA20: Temba Bavuma And Dean Elgar Go Unsold In Auction

Rising star Tristan Stubbs was bought by Sunrisers Eastern Cape, who paid 9.2 million rand (USD 540,000) for the middle-order batter to play in the event next January and February. Sunrisers also paid the second-highest price of 6.9 million rand for batsman Rilee Rossouw. SA20 commissioner and former South Africa star Graeme Smith said the aim was to make the new league the second most popular in the world behind the Indian Premier League (IPL).

"If You Would Have Asked Three Years Ago...": Ricky Ponting On Whether Virat Kohli Can Surpass Sachin Tendulkar's 100-Ton Tally

Surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's feat of 100 international centuries is "possible" for Virat Kohli, Australian great Ricky Ponting has said looking at the Indian superstar's new-found hunger for runs. Kohli recently ended a wait of 1,020 days for his 71st international hundred when he smashed 122 not out off 61 balls against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup earlier this month. "If you would have asked me three years ago, I'd have said yes. But the fact that it has slowed down as much as it did... yeah, I still think that it is possible for him, there's no doubt," Ponting said on The ICC Review.

New Zealand tweak 2021 squad for T20 World Cup

Martin Guptill will play in his seventh T20 World Cup and Devon Conway will keep wickets in addition to his batting duties at the tournament, which starts for the Black Caps with a re-run of last year's final against Australia in Sydney on Oct. 22. Seamer Adam Milne, who was an injury replacement for Lockie Ferguson at last year's tournament in the United Arab Emirates, was retained in the absence of Kyle Jamieson, who has a back problem.

India vs Australia 1st T20I: Team India aims to solve the jigsaw puzzle

Time for Team India to settle on best combo as dress rehearsal for World Cup begins with Australia T20Is...MOHALI: One positive to emerge from India's forgettable Asia Cup campaign was the century scored by Virat Kohli after a gap of three long years. Playing after a six-week break, Kohli scored a fiery 71st international century, although in an inconsequential affair against Afghanistan. That Kohli special (122 not out off 61 balls) was made possible, according to the bats man himself, by sticking to a "tried and tested" template in which six-hitting wasn't a priority. Kohli said as much in a chat with skipper Rohit Sharma.

Black Caps tweak 2021 squad for T20 World Cup

New Zealand have named a largely settled 15-man party for the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia with Finn Allen and Michael Bracewell the only players who did not feature in the squad that made the final in 2021.

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Virat Kohli 207 Runs Away From Surpassing Rahul Dravid To Achieve Big India Record

Virat Kohli Bowls In Nets Ahead Of 1st T20I vs Australia. See Pics

New Zealand's Guptill to play at 7th T20 World Cup

SA20: Temba Bavuma And Dean Elgar Go Unsold In Auction

"If You Would Have Asked Three Years Ago...": Ricky Ponting On Whether Virat Kohli Can Surpass Sachin Tendulkar's 100-Ton Tally

New Zealand tweak 2021 squad for T20 World Cup

India vs Australia 1st T20I: Team India aims to solve the jigsaw puzzle

Black Caps tweak 2021 squad for T20 World Cup