IND vs NZ: Virat Kohli becomes the fourth Indian to score 9000 Test runs

Kohli is now only the fourth Indian after Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid to achieve this milestone for India

Star Indian batter Virat Kohli completed his 9,000 Test runs after he crossed the required 53-run mark in the second innings of the first Test on day three at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday. Kohli is now the fourth Indian, after Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, and Rahul Dravid, to achieve this milestone for India.

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Full list of Indian batters with 9,000+ Test runs

Player	Matches	Innings	Not out	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50
SR Tendulkar	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	51	68
R Dravid	163	284	32	13265	270	52.63	36	63
SM Gavaskar	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45
V Kohli	116*	197	13	9000	254*	48.91	29	31

 

Fastest to 9,000 runs

Virat Kohli took 197 innings to complete his 9,000 Test runs, making him the fourth-fastest Indian and the 13th fastest overall to 9,000 Test runs.

Full list of players with the fewest innings to 9,000 Test runs

Player	Opposition	Ground	Matches	Innings
KC Sangakkara (SL)	v Pakistan	Sharjah	103	172
SPD Smith (AUS)	v England	Lord's	99	174
R Dravid (ICC/IND)	v West Indies	Kingston	104	176
BC Lara (WI)	v South Africa	Cape Town	101	177
RT Ponting (AUS)	v England	Brisbane	106	177
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	v India	Ahmedabad	108	178
SR Tendulkar (IND)	v Australia	Sydney	111	179
Younis Khan (PAK)	v England	Dubai (DICS)	103	184
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	110	188
SM Gavaskar (IND)	v Australia	Adelaide	110	192
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	112	195
JE Root (ENG)	v India	Lord's	107	196
Virat Kohli (IND)	v New Zealand	M Chinnaswamy	116	197

Virat Kohli's Test career in numbers

Virat Kohli now has 9,000 runs in 116 Test matches, with an average of 48.91, including 29 centuries and 31 half-centuries, at the time this story was written.

Virat Kohli's Test stats

Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s
116	197	13	9000	254*	48.91	55.81	29	31