Virat Kohli becomes the 4th Indian to score 9000 Test runs, slowest to do so till now
By Aryan Malik Oct 18, 2024 8:41 PM IST
Virat Kohli: In what proves to be a phenomenal-achievement, legendary Indian Batsman Virat Kohli completed the 9000 runs mark in the longest format of the game. The 35-year-old attained this remarkable achievement during team India's ongoing 1st test-match versus New Zealand in the city of Bangalore.
With youngster Shubman Gill missing the 1st test due to a neck-injury, the Men in Blue took the brave decision of promoting Kohli to the number three-position. Although the former Indian skipper gave his wicket away cheaply to Will O'Rourke for zero runs in the 1st inning, he rebounded in a strong fashion, slamming a remarkable half-century in the 2nd inning.
Besides rejuvenating with a half-century, Kohli became just the fourth Indian batsman to score 9000 runs in Test-Cricket. This, he joined the legendary-trio of little master Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid, the three other players to have achieved the mile-stone in the five-day format.
Indian Batters To Have Scored The Highest Number of Runs in Test-Cricket
Name | Innings | Runs |
---|---|---|
Sachin Tendulkar | 329 | 15921 |
Rahul Dravid | 284 | 13265 |
Sunil Gavaskar | 214 | 10122 |
Virat Kohli | 197 | 9000 |
VVS Laxman | 225 | 8781 |
Virat?Kohli?Uses?A?Brave?Knock?To?Silence?His?Criticism
Indian?fans?severely?criticized?Kohli?after?he?left?the?field?for?a?duck?in?the?opening?inning.?But?for?the?umpteenth?time,?he?proved?his?value?in?Indian?colors?by?silencing?his?detractors?with?this?half-century?in?a?challenging?circumstance.?Regarding?the?game,?India?reacted?forcefully?to?New?Zealand's?massive?first-innings?score.?Despite?Yashasvi?Jaiswal's?dismissal?for?35?runs,?India's?deficit?was?much?reduced?by?the?brilliant?half-centuries?that?Kohli,?Rohit,?and?Sarfaraz?Khan?smashed.?India?was?214?for?two?at?the?time?of?writing,?with?Sarfaraz?and?Kohli?each?scoring?62?runs.
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