Virat Kohli First Innings Test Run Average: The Indian cricket team is currently playing the final test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 against Australia in Sydney. This series was disappointing for the fans, especially because big players like Virat Kohli could not return to form. Kohli’s poor performance was also seen in the Sydney Test. In the first innings of the Sydney Test, Kohli was out on the bowling of Scott Boland after scoring just 17 runs.
Virat Kohli’s performance in the last one year has become a matter of concern. From 2024 till now, he has played 5 matches in the first innings, in which his batting average has been only 7.00. This figure leaves him behind even India’s star bowler Jasprit Bumrah.
The figures surprised
The form of Virat Kohli, considered India’s most reliable batsman, is continuously declining. Jasprit Bumrah’s average is higher than Kohli since 2024. Bumrah has scored runs at an average of 10.00 in the first innings, which places him above Kohli in this list.
First innings batting average from 2024
| player | Country | match | Turn | average |
| Keshav Maharaj | South Africa | 6 | 5 | 5.4 |
| Virat Kohli | India | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Shoaib Bashir | England | 7 | 7 | 8.33 |
| Nishantha Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 5 | 4 | 9.75 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | India | 7 | 7 | 10 |
Will there be a break on Kohli’s Test career?
In the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 series, the experienced players of the Indian team have performed worse than expected. At the same time, young Indian players have given a tough competition to Australia. The batsman who has scored the most runs for India so far in this series is Yashasvi Jaiswal. Yashasvi has so far scored 369 runs in 9 innings at an average of 46.12. At the same time, Nitish Kumar Reddy is the third highest run scorer in this series. Nitish has scored 294 runs in 8 innings at an average of 42.
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