New Delhi: Indian cricket team skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday reached another milestone of his illustrious career joining 5000 runs-club in his 63th test match.
He became the 11th batsman to achieve the feat in his 105th test innings at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground, less by ten innings compared to fastest in 95 innings by Sunil Gavaskar. Still , the class and tenacity which Virat showed has already put him in the bracket of greats the game has seen.
Virat had his Test aggregate of 4975 runs before going in for this match and he completed 5000 runs when he scored 25 runs.
Earlier in recent past, the Indian masterclass has crossed total number of 50 tons in Tests and One Day Internationals and registered over 50 average in all three formats of the game.
The former players who have scored 5000 runs in test cricket included Sunil Gavaskar, Virendra Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Dilip Vengsarkar, Saurav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, G R Vishwanath, Mohd Azharuddin and Kapil Dev.
Virat has also scored 32 centuries in ODI and 19 in tests at a brsik conversion rate compared to other greats in contemporary cricket.
