Virat Kohli’s 9-Year-Old Record Under Threat In India-Sri Lanka Test Series

I dia-S i
La ka
Test
se ies
is
set
to
begi
o
August
15,
ma ki g
I dia’s
etu
to
S i
La ka
fo
a
Test
assig me t
afte
a
i e-yea
gap.
The
upcomi g
se ies
will
also
b i g
back
memo ies
of
I dia’s
p evious
Test
tou
of
the
isla d
atio
i
2017,
whe
Vi at
Kohli
p oduced
o e
of
the
fi est
batti g
pe fo ma ces
of
his
ca ee .

Vi at
Kohli
still
holds
the
eco d
fo
sco i g
the
most
u s
i
a
si gle
I dia-S i
La ka
Test
se ies.
With
o ly
two
Tests
scheduled
this
time,
howeve ,
b eaki g
that
ma k
will
be
a
ext emely
difficult
challe ge.

Ca
a yo e
b eak
Vi at
Kohli’s
eco d?

Du i g
the
2017
se ies,
Kohli
sco ed
a
stagge i g
610
u s
i
five
i i gs.
He
was
i
exceptio al
fo m
th oughout
the
tou ,
egiste i g
th ee
ce tu ies
a d
o e
half-ce tu y.

His
pe fo ma ce
saw
him
su pass
the
p evious
eco d
held
by
S i
La ka
g eat
Sa ath
Jayasu iya,
who
had
accumulated
571
u s
du i g
the
1997
se ies.

The
challe ge
is
eve
g eate
this
time
because
I dia
a d
S i
La ka
will
play
just
two
Tests,
mea i g
a
batte
ca
have
a
maximum
of
fou
i i gs
to
chase
Kohli’s
tally
of
610
u s.

I dia’s
cu e t
batti g
li eup
i cludes
Shubma
Gill,
Yashasvi
Jaiswal
a d
KL
Rahul,
all
of
whom
will
be
expected
to
make
sig ifica t
co t ibutio s.
Howeve ,
they
would
eed
a
ext ao di a y
u
of
fo m
to
come
close
to
Kohli’s
i e-yea -old
eco d.

Most
u s
i
a
I dia-S i
La ka
Test
se ies

610
u s
& dash;
Vi at
Kohli571
u s
& dash;
Sa ath
Jayasu iya491
u s
& dash;
Vi e de
Sehwag467
u s
& dash;
Kuma
Sa gakka a433
u s
& dash;
Rahul
D avid