Virat Kohli’s next target? Six batsmen who average over 60 in Tests

#3. Adam Voges

Adam Voges

Aussie Adam Voges is an aberration of sorts here for he is not a legend in any sense. But, Voges makes it to the list on the back of some sensational performances in a small but enterprising Test career. In 20 Tests from June 2015 to November 2016, Voges scored 1,485 runs at an average of 61.87, with five hundreds and four fifties.

At 35 years and 243 days, Voges became the oldest to hit a century on Test debut. He achieved the feat against West Indies at Roseau in June 2015. After a poor Ashes, in which he managed only two fifties, and that too in his last two innings of the series, Voges smashed his Test best of 269 not out against West Indies at Hobart in December 2015. He made a second double hundred when he hit 239 against New Zealand at Wellington in February 2016.

Despite only managing a highest score of 47 in his last five Tests, Voges still finished his Test career with an average slightly better than Pollock and Headley.

#2. Steve Smith

Steve Smith

Whether Steve Smith finishes with an average of above 60 in Test cricket, only time will tell. Statistically though, at present, he is at number two when it comes to highest averages in Test cricket. After 68 Tests, Smith has 6,973 runs to his name at an average of 64.56 with 26 hundreds and 27 fifties. Smith would have played a few more Tests had he not been banned for his involvement in ball-tampering.

Controversy apart, Smith is already a legend of the game. He recently amassed 774 runs in seven innings in Ashes 2019 at a mind-boggling average of 110.57. During the course of the series, he scored one double hundred, two centuries and 3 fifties -- all this in his first Test series since returning from the ban. The performance led to widespread debate over whether Smith is greater than Kohli.

Smith loves facing the Indians as was evident in the 2014/15 series played Down Under where he amassed 769 runs in four Tests at an average of 128.16 with four hundreds and two fifties.