players with highest average runs
At second place comes the name of Mohammad Azharuddin, who has scored 349 runs in 7 innings of 4 matches at an average of 69.80. At third place is Andrew Symonds, who has scored 410 runs at an average of 68.33. In fourth place is Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has scored 341 runs at an average of 68.20. At fifth place is Steve Smith, who has scored 1887 runs at an average of 65.06. Virat is at 18th place in this list. He has scored 1979 runs at an average of 48.26 with 8 centuries and 5 half-centuries in 42 innings of 24 matches.
Indian team for Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Ishtan Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
Australian team for the first test match
Pat Cummins (captain), Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.