Double ton Kohli overhauls Bradman’s Test runs tally

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The Australian media started calling Virat Kohli a clown for abusing debutant opener Sam Konstas on the first day of the Boxing Day Test. On the first day of the fourth Test match of the series being played in Melbourne yesterday, the Indian batter had a dispute with Australian opener Sam Konstas, who made his debut. At the start of the Test, the 19-year-old Australian opener Sam Konstas batted aggressively against Indian bowler Jasprit Bumrah while doing an extraordinary batting, on which the Indian fielders looked worried. At the end of the 10th over of the match, Virat Kohli and Sam Konstas collided shoulders, which was repeated between the two, but Usman Khawaja and the umpires intervened. After the incident, Virat Kohli was cautioned and fined only 20 per cent of the match fee and given one demerit point. After the incident went viral on social media, there are calls for Virat Kohli to be handed at least a one-match suspension. The Australian media called Kohli a 'clown' clown in Friday morning's newspapers. In the picture, the baby's feeder was also seen in his mouth. A newspaper called The West Australia published the headline of 'Kohli the clown', on which Indian supporters and fans were furious. On the other hand, in the post-day press conference, Sam Konstas called Virat Kohli's collision on the field a mistake, saying that he was adjusting his gloves, and he think Virat hit him by mistake.

India captain Virat Kohli has surpassed Sir Don Bradman’s Test runs tally after scoring a magnificent unbeaten double ton against South Africa.

The right-handed batsman struck 254 not out to complete his seventh double ton in 81st Test. He swept Senuran Muthusamy for two runs to reach the landmark in Pune.

His classic knock off 336 balls include 33 fours and two sixes, with India eventually declaring on a mammoth 601-5.

Kohli has now scored more than 7,000 Test runs at an average of over 53 since making his debut in the West Indies in 2011. Batting great Sachin Tendulkar lead the chart with 15,921 runs in 200 matches.

Tendulkar retired in 2013 with 100 international centuries across formats.

Kohli has the most double hundreds among Indian batsmen, while Bradman leads the international list with 12 to his name.

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