Virat Kohli’s big record, became the first batsman to do so for India

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|18-10-2024

On the third day of the Bengaluru Test match being played between the teams of India and New Zealand, an amazing game was seen from both the teams. New Zealand's first innings ended at 402 runs. In response to this, Team India also played well. Captain Rohit Sharma managed to score a half-century. After this, Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan also played innings of 50+ runs. During this period, Virat Kohli made a big record in his name. He also performed a feat which no Indian batsman could do before.

Virat Kohli created history

Virat Kohli was out without opening the account in the first innings of this match. But in the second innings, he batted carefully and took the team's score forward. He scored 50+ runs for the 221st time in his international career. At the same time, he completed 9 thousand runs in test cricket. He became the fourth batsman to do so for India. At the same time, Virat is playing at number three in this match and he plays at this position in ODIs. He has also completed 15000 runs in international cricket while playing at number three.

Let us tell you, Virat Kohli has become the first batsman from India to score 15000 runs while playing at number three in international cricket. He has achieved this feat in 316 innings. After Virat, Rahul Dravid's name is in this list. He scored 14555 runs while playing at number three in international cricket. But Virat Kohli has now gone far ahead of him. Apart from this, this is also the first time that Virat has touched the 50-run mark while playing at number three in a Test.

the first batsman to do so

Virat Kohli has made another special record in his name. He has also become the only batsman in the world to score 9000 runs in Test, 10000 runs in ODI and 4000 runs in T20. Apart from this, Virat Kohli is at third place among the current players in terms of scoring the most Test runs. Only Joe Root and Steve Smith are ahead of him in this list.

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