Virat Kohli IND vs ENG: The first match of the Test series between India and England is to be played in Hyderabad. Team India's veteran player Virat Kohli can make a special record in his name in this match. But for this Kohli will have to score a century. Kohli can complete 9000 test runs in this match. Kohli is the highest run scorer in the current team for India.
Virat has played 113 test matches so far. During this period 8848 runs have been scored. He needs 152 runs to complete 9000 runs. Kohli has scored 29 centuries and 30 half-centuries in this format. His best score has been 254 runs unbeaten. Virat is at the top in the list of current players in terms of scoring the most runs for India. Kohli will have a chance to achieve this special achievement in the Hyderabad Test.
The record of scoring the most Test runs for Team India is held in the name of Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin has scored 15921 runs in 200 matches. During this period he has scored 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries. Sachin's best test score has been 248 runs not out. Rahul Dravid is at second place in this list. Dravid has scored 13265 runs in 163 matches. During this period he has scored 36 centuries and 63 half-centuries. Sunil Gavaskar has scored 10122 runs. He has scored 34 centuries and 45 half-centuries.
Let us tell you that Indian captain Rohit Sharma is quite low in this list. Rohit is ranked 19th. He has scored 3737 runs in 54 test matches. Rohit has scored 10 centuries and 16 half-centuries in this format. Ravichandran Ashwin has scored 3193 runs in 95 matches. He had scored 5 centuries and 14 half-centuries. Ashwin is ranked 23rd. Ravindra Jadeja has scored 2804 runs in 68 matches.
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