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Virat Kohli Eyes Rahul Dravid's Run Record in Fourth Test
Virat Kohli needs another 121 runs to go past Rahul Dravid and score the most runs against Australia in a series.
Virat Kohli currently has 499 runs in 3 Tests against Australia.© AFP
Sydney:
Indian Test captain Virat Kohli, who has scored 499 runs in the ongoing series against Australia, has a strong chance of breaking legendary Rahul Dravid's record of scoring maximum number of runs in a series against the Baggy Greens.(Kohli Rises to 15th in ICC Test Rankings)
Dravid accumulated a mammoth 619 runs during the four-match Test series Down Under 2003/04 and the 26-year-old Kohli is just 121 runs short from breaking the former captain's record.
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Other than Dravid, Gundappa Viswanath (518 in 1979) and V.V.S. Laxman (503 in 2001) have scored more than Kohli in a series against Australia.
Kohli has scored three centuries and a fifty in six innings in the three Tests on this tour.
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