IND vs AUS: Virat Kohli breaks Virender Sehwag's record

Virat Kohli's willow during the second Test against Australia. On a slow-turning track, Virat scored 44 runs in the first innings and then chipped in with 20 in the second innings. In the process, the Indian run machine broke former India batsman Virender Sehwag's record of the most runs scored in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Ahead of the second Test, in Delhi, Virat had 1694 runs in Border Gavaskar Trophy and he needed 44 to go past Sehwag's 1738 runs tally.

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Virat scored 64 runs in the match (44 & 20) and went past the former swashbuckling batsman's record in style. The 34-year-old former India skipper now has 1758 runs in 22 Tests at an average of 46.26 in the Border Gavaskar Trophy, including 7 centuries and 5 fifties.India's batting legend Sachin Tendulkar is on top of the tally with 3262 runs in 34 Tests at an average of 56.24, including 9 centuries and 16 fifties.VVS Laxman (2434 runs in 29 Tests) and Rahul Dravid (2143 runs in 32 Tests) are the other two cricketers who have scored 2000 and more runs in Border Gavaskar Trophy.

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