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Indian cricket captain Virat Kohl. (AP)
To go with that Kohli also managed to cross the barrier of 16,000 international runs, across all formats. What is interesting is that, Kohli is the fourth quickest Indian to reach the 5,000 club. The ones reaching the mark before him are Sunil Gavaskar (95 innings), Virender Sehwag (98 innings), Sachin Tendulkar (103 innings), while Kohli reached there in 105 innings, before Rahul Dravid (108 innings).
Having said that, his feat is the second quickest in terms of time for India - 2358 days after Dravid's 2252 days. Sehwag needed 2464 days. Also, he is the second youngest Indian (29y 27d) after Tendulkar (25y 301d), to the 5K club.
Congratulations to @imVkohli on passing 5,000 Test runs! He reaches the milestone in 105 innings - the same number as England captain @root66! #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/rCKCagH5Y1
— ICC (@ICC) December 2, 2017
First Published: December 2, 2017, 12:42 PM IST