Australia vs India 2018-19: 7 milestones in sight for Indian team in the Test series

#5 Kohli needs three hundreds to overtake Tendulkar in most tons scored across all formats in a year

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Understandably, Tendulkar was a man of the big numbers on many occasions. His tally of 100 international centuries is a feat yet to be matched.

But guess who is second in that list - it is Virat Kohli with more than 60 tons made during his ten-year career so far. Kohli is also considered as the one person who can equal or better Sachin's 100 hundreds.

As of now, the Indian captain has scored ten tons in 2018, and he needs three more to overcome Sachin's tally of 12 centuries (set in 1998) to become the player with most hundreds in a calendar year.

Tendulkar made the feat from 42 innings in 39 matches, while Kohli has played 41 innings in 34 matches so far this year.

He previously came close to do so, last year when he made 11 tons from 52 innings across 46 matches.

This upcoming series is a golden opportunity to better both his own numbers and Tendulkar's, which will make him the leader of yet another record detail in the statistician's books.