BGT 2024-25, Perth Test: Virat Kohli goes past Don Bradman, Jaiswal equals Graeme Smith with hundred

India batters Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal broke multiple batting records on Sunday (Nov. 24) - day 3 of the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) Test in Perth, Australia. Both the batters scored their respective hundreds as India buried Australia under a mountain of runs.

Virat Kohli goes past Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar

Kohli, batting on 96, hit a four to reach his 30th Test hundred - one more than legendary Aussie batter Don Bradman's tally of 29. This was also his seventh Test hundred in Australia—the most for any visiting Indian batter as he went past Sachin Tendulkar's record of six Test hundreds in Australia.

Kohli is now third among active cricketers behind England's Joe Root (35) and Aussie Steve Smith (32) & NZ's Kane Williamson (32) for most Test hundreds. For India, Kohli has the fourth-most Test hundreds in his career behind Sachin (49), Rahul Dravid (36) and Sunil Gavaskar (34).

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The ton was Kohli's ninth in Tests against Australia—the third most behind Jack Hobbs (12) and Sachin Tendulkar (11).

Jaiswal equals Graeme Smith

The southpaw scored 161 before getting out—his fourth Test hundred and all of them above 150. He is only the second player in Test history to convert his first four hundreds into 150s with the other being former SA skipper Graeme Smith.

Jaiswal also went past the likes of Pakistan's Javed Miandad, West Indian Brian Lara, and Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene, who all converted their first three Test hundreds into 150s.

As for the match, India declared their second innings at 487/6 and set up a target of 534 for Australia to chase down. India's stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah, who had taken 5/30 in the first innings, took two more wickets in the second innings as Australia were pinned down at 12/3 by the close of play.