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The Indian cricket team has reached Melbourne from Brisbane, where they have to play the fourth Test match. This match will be played at MCG ground. Team India has had an excellent record here. He has won 4 Test matches here. Indian batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli have given tough competition to the Australian team in Melbourne. Indian fans hope that Kohli will once again perform well here and play his part in helping India win.
Virat Kohli has played 3 Test matches at MCG i.e. Melbourne Cricket Ground. He has scored 316 runs at an average of 52.66 in 6 innings of these matches. These include a century and two fifties. Kohli played an excellent innings of 169 runs here in 2014. In the current team, no one has scored more runs in Melbourne than Kohli. Ajinkya Rahane and Vinu Mankar have scored two centuries among the Indian batsmen who scored the most centuries on this ground.
Sachin has the highest number of runs…
Sachin Tendulkar is the Indian batsman who scored the most runs in MCG. He has scored 449 runs in 5 matches at an average of 44.90. It includes a century and 3 fifties. At number two is Ajinkya Rahane. Rahane has played 3 Test matches in Melbourne and scored 369 runs at an average of 73.80 and 2 centuries.
Virender Sehwag, Gundappa Vishwanath, Vinu Mankar also have excellent records in Melbourne. Sehwag has scored 280 runs at an average of 70.00 here. Sehwag is also the Indian who played the biggest innings on this ground. He scored 195 runs here in 2003. Gundappa Vishwanath has scored 257 runs at the MCG at an average of 64.25. Vinu Mankad has scored 240 runs in 2 matches at an average of 60.00.
Smith’s over 1000 runs here:
There is no doubt that the names of only Australians are in the top-5 list of batsmen who have scored the most runs on this ground. Being the hosts, Australia has played and won the most matches at this ground. The record for most runs here is held by Don Bradman. He has scored 1671 runs at an average of 128.53 in 11 matches in Melbourne. Talking about the current batsmen, Steve Smith has also scored 1093 runs in 11 matches at an average of 78.07.