Discover the top 5 Indian cricketers who scored with most runs in pink ball Tests matches, showcasing their incredible performances. India and Australia are currently playing a five-match Test series. The first Test was held in Perth, where India won by 295 runs. The second Test will start on December 6 in Adelaide.
This match will be a pink ball Test. So far, India has played four pink ball Tests, winning three and losing one. Team India is now fully ready for the upcoming match. In this article, we will talk about the top five Indian players who have scored the most runs in pink ball Tests.
5. Cheteshwar Pujara- 98 runs
Cheteshwar Pujara is in fifth place on this list, with 98 runs from three matches. In the first day-night Test against Bangladesh in Kolkata in 2019, Pujara scored 55 runs, helping India win by an innings and 46 runs.
Next, in the 2020 Test against Australia in Adelaide, he made 43 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, he got out without scoring, and India was all out for just 36 runs. In his most recent match against England in 2021, Pujara again got out without scoring in Ahmedabad.
4. Ajinkya Rahane- 100 runs
Ajinkya Rahane scored 51 runs against Bangladesh in 2019, helping India take a 243-run lead in the first innings. As the stand-in captain, Rahane made 42 runs in the first innings against Australia. However, he couldn’t score any runs in the second innings.
After that, Rahane scored only seven runs against England. In total, he has scored 100 runs in three pink ball Test matches.
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3. Shreyas Iyer- 159 runs
Shreyas Iyer has played just one pink ball Test for India so far. He played this match against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru in 2022. In the first innings, Iyer scored 92 runs, helping India make 252 runs.
In the second innings, he scored 67 runs, and India declared their innings at 303/9. India won the match by 238 runs.
2. Rohit Sharma- 173 runs
Rohit Sharma has scored 173 runs in three pink ball Tests. In his first match against Bangladesh, he made 21 runs, and India won easily.
Against England, he scored 66 runs in the first innings and 25* runs in the second innings. India won that match by 10 wickets. In the match against Sri Lanka, Rohit made 15 runs in the first innings and 46 runs in the second innings.
1. Virat Kohli- 277 runs
Virat Kohli is at the top of the list for scoring the most runs in Pink Ball Tests for Team India. He has made 277 runs in 6 innings.
Kohli played a great innings of 136 runs against Bangladesh. He also scored 74 runs in the first innings of the match in Adelaide, but was out for just 4 runs in the second innings. Kohli scored 27 runs against England in 2021, and in the 2022 match against Sri Lanka, he made 23 runs in one innings and 13 runs in the other.
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