IND vs AUS: Top 4 Indian cricketers who have scored an ODI and Test century in Australia

Here’s a look at four Indian players who have scored an ODI and Test century in Australia.

Indian cricket team has always been on spot light and helped in storing a huge share of batting runs. However some has been struggled to an extent while playing in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Africa).

It’s a little hard to score runs in the Australian condition. Since the famous century created by Sourav Ganguly in 1999-2000 there have been only four batsmen in the history of the cricket who have managed to score a century.

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1. Sourav Ganguly : Sourav Ganguly became the first batsman to create a history in ODI by scoring a century against Australia in the year 1999-2000 at Carlton and United Series T-series that featured India, Australia and Pakistan.

The opener Sourav Ganguly smashed 356 runs to get on the top run getter in that tournament.

2. Sachin Tendulkar: The only century scored from the 49 centuries in ODI cricket was scored in Australia. The master blaster smashed his only century Australia during the year 2007-08 Commonwealth Bank Series, which helped India win a 240 run target.

Sachin Tendulkar scored 1809 runs in 20 Tests at an average of 53.21, including 5 centuries and double century.

3. VVS Laxman: VVS Laxman has a smashed a total of four centuries in 15 Tests that were played in Australia. He scored three ODI centuries in Australia. He has the highest single tally of ODI centuries in a single country.

4. Virat Kohli: The Indian captain Virat Kohli has scored 6 centuries in his 12 Test matches at an average of 55.39 in the longest format of the game. Virat Kohli has scored 5 centuries in Australia.