IND vs AUS: Is Rishabh Pant better than Kohli?
Virat Kohli's bad phase in Test matches is not coming to an end. In the first Test against australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024, Virat was dismissed for just 5 runs. This year he has scored only 255 runs in 13 innings and his failure remains a matter of great concern for Team India. Meanwhile, rishabh pant has emerged as a star cricketer for India. He played an important innings of 35 runs in very difficult circumstances. pant has started playing such a role, which virat kohli used to play at one time.
rishabh pant better than Virat Kohli!
rishabh pant played this 37-run innings in the Perth Test at a time when india had lost 3 wickets for a score of just 32 runs. He stayed at the crease for 78 balls and hit three fours and a six while scoring 37 runs. This is not the first time pant has rescued Team india from trouble. In the final match of the 2020-2021 Border Gavaskar Trophy, he scored 89 runs at the Gaba ground and helped india win the series 2-1. At the same time, the 97 runs scored at the SCG ground can probably be called the best innings of Pant's career so far.
From 2018 to 2024, rishabh pant has scored runs at an average of 63.40 on Australian soil. It is probably not right to compare him with virat kohli right now, but it is certain that pant has set out on the path where he can break many of Kohli's records very soon.
Virat Kohli's statistics in Australia
virat kohli has played 13 Test matches in australia so far, in which he has 1,352 runs in 13 innings. His average in australia is 54.08 and he has scored 6 centuries and four fifties in the difficult conditions of Australia. In terms of average, pant looks much better than Kohli.