Virat Kohli Reaches 9,000 Test Runs, Becomes Fourth Indian to Achieve This Feat

New Zealand Dominates as India Fights Back

The first Test match between India and New Zealand is underway in Bangalore. Three days of play in this match is over and two more days are left. Looking at this match, New Zealand has a strong grip. But the Indian batsmen played well on the third day.

So India’s next math will be on the fourth day. After winning the toss, India elected to bat first and failed. The entire Indian team was bowled out for just 46 runs. After that, New Zealand made a tremendous innings and brought the Indian bowlers under pressure.

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India’s Response with a Strong Partnership

For this, India’s opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma got off to a good start. Then Virat Kohli and Sarfraz Khan joined the pair. This pair scored 136 runs. Virat Kohli scored 70 runs and took a wicket on the last ball of the day. While Sarfraz Khan is playing on 70 runs not out. India have scored 231 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. New Zealand still have a lead of 125 runs. At the same time, Virat Kohli’s neck has been buried.

Virat Kohli has reached 9000 runs in Tests. Virat Kohli has completed 9000 runs in 197 Test innings. He has become the fourth batsman to achieve such a feat after Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, and Sunil Gavaskar. Virat Kohli tops this list. He took 176 innings to reach this milestone. So Sachin achieved this feat in 179 innings. Sunil Gavaskar took 192 innings. Virat Kohli completed the 9000 mark in 197 innings.

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Virat Kohli Reaches 9,000 Test Runs

Virat Kohli has scored the most runs in Tests against Australia. He has scored 2042 runs. Also has 1991 runs against England. At the same time, more than a thousand runs have been scored against South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies. Meanwhile, Kumar Sangakkara holds the record of scoring 9,000 runs in the shortest Test innings.

He has achieved this feat in 172 innings. Steve Smith has 174 innings, while Rahul Dravid is third at international level. On the other hand, Virat Kohli has become the first Indian to score 15 thousand runs at the third position at the international level. The feat was previously held by Ponting, Sangakkara, and Kane Williamson.

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