4 Players With Most Runs In A Test Series For India

India has had a lot of superstars over the years on the cricket team in different eras and but the contributions of some cricketers always stay in the mind for a long time. Especially, then an Indian batsman has a good series in overseas conditions, he is rated very highly and he becomes a certainty in the Indian team.

This has become possible now only with the five match-test series getting underway again as it increases the opportunity to score a lot more runs while in the recent past, there have a lot more four-match test series. Here are 4 players with the most runs in a Test series for India.

4 Players With Most Runs In A Test Series For India:

Virat Kohli 655 vs Eng (2016):

Virat Kohli had a redemption phase to complete in England as he had a forgettable series in 2014 in the country and it was his lowest aggregate of scores in a test series. He prepared really well for the 2016 series and came back like a warrior to dominate the England bowling attack.

Kohli scored 655 runs in the home series against England in the five tests, and it comprised two half-centuries, two centuries at an average of 109.16. He also scored a double century in the series and tormented the bowling attack to all parts to help India win memorable series under his captaincy.

Virat Kohli 692 vs Aus (2014):

This was the first series in which, Virat Kohli took over the captaincy reins for India in the red-ball format and he had an excellent series with the bat. He dominated one of the best bowling forces in the world of Ryan Harris, Mitchell Johnson steaming in along with Nathan Lyon as the threatening spinner.

He started the series with two centuries in two innings in the Adelaide Test, then a brilliant 169 at the Melbourne test and another half-century in the second innings, and then finished off with another century in the Sydney Test in the first innings. However, his 692 runs in the test series weren’t enough to win India the series.

Sunil Gavaskar 732 vs WI (1978):

Sunil Gavaskar was a player who stayed in the crease for a long time and he would always look to play those innings. When most of the Indian batsmen struggled to cope with the pace and bounce of the West Indian bowler, Gavaskar stepped up and scored a huge load of runs in the 1978 series.

In a home test series that comprised 6 matches, Gavaskar went on piling up runs at the top of the order with one century and four half-centuries in the series and finished with 732 runs in the series. He also captained the Indian test side at the moment and won the series 1-0.

Sunil Gavaskar 774 vs WI(1971):

Sunil Gavaskar was the first Indian batsman and the only still to have crossed over 700 runs in a Test series and in 1971, he reached a colossal 774 runs which are the most for any Indian batsman. In the five-match away series against West Indies, Gavaskar stood as a big resistive force against the West Indian bowling attack.

Gavaskar scored three centuries and four half-centuries in the series at an average of nearly 150 and his efforts led to India’s famous series victory with a 1-0 lead in West Indies. It marked the emergence of Sunil Gavaskar’s era in the world and he went on to become the first player in the world to cross the 10,000 run mark.