'An unstoppable run machine...' - Fans compare Marnus Labuschagne with Sir Don Bradman as former hits third consecutive century in Test cricket

The star Australian Test batter Marnus Labuschagne is enjoying the form of his life with the bat. He has scored three consecutive centuries in the ongoing Test series against West Indies. The 28-year-old prolific batter has scored 428 runs in three innings of the 2 matches far with two not-outs to his name.

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The right-hander scored the 10^th century of his Test career on Thursday, 8^th of December on the first day of the second Test against West Indies. Currently, Labuschagne is unbeaten on 120 runs with eleven boundaries to his name after the end of the first day’s play.

Following another consecutive century, Marnus has reached the second spot in the best batting average in Test cricket after the former legendary Australian batter Sir Don Bradman.

A section of cricket fans took to the social media platform, Twitter to lavish their praises on Labuschagne for his brilliant batting heroics in Test cricket.

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Here’s how fans reacted to Marnus Labuschagne’s third consecutive century:

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Speaking of the match between Australia and West Indies so far, the hosts are batting first after winning the toss and currently stand on the score of 330 runs for the loss of three wickets. Marnus Labuschagne and Adelaide’s local boy Travis Head is currently sojourning there in the middle on the individual centurion knocks of 120 and 114 runs respectively.

Other than Labuschagne and Head, senior opener Usman Khawaja also played a half-century knock of 62 runs with nine boundaries.

Alzarri Joseph, Jason Holder, and Devon Thomas have scalped one wicket each for the Caribbean side.

Notably, the Aussies are leading the Test series by a margin of 1-0 with a win of 164 runs in the first Test match played at Perth on the 30^th of November.