Virat Kohli will take part in the second Test of the series against Bangladesh scheduled to take place at Green Park, Kanpur, from Friday, September 27. The right-handed batter who had scores of 6 and 17 in the series opener at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, last week will look to put on a big show in the second and final match of the series. During the second Test, Kohli will have the opportunity to do something no one has ever done in the history of International cricket, and that is to reach 27,000 runs faster than any other batsman on the planet aged 35 and above.
The 35-year-old cricketer needs 35 runs more than what he currently possesses which is 26,965 in 534 matches, not easing the pressure upon 27, 000. As he makes his way to Kanpur, this would mean he has to score at least 35 runs in the ongoing test to do what no other batsman has done in history, bear in mind that there is still a record to be broken but safely assume being the first to publish is acceptable. In terms of International cricket history, what this means is that only three players/Scores, gravely Sachin Tendulkar (34,357), Kumar Sangakkara (28,016) and Ricky Ponting (27,483) have actually passed this 27, 000 Runs barrier recently.
Most Runs in international cricket:
Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 34,357
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) – 28,016
Ricky Ponting (Australia) – 27,483
Virat Kohli (India) – 26,965
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) – 25,957
The event occurred in his 623rd innings, which is also a record. As for Kohli, he has batted only 593 times up to this point.
He achieves this during the second Test itself, where he already has a chance to be the fourth Indian batter after the trio of Tendulkar, Dravid, and Gavaskar to reach the landmark figure of 9000 runs in Test cricket. Kohli started his Test career for India in Kingston against the West Indies on June 20, 2011, and has scored 8871 runs so far in 114 Tests. He requires 129 more runs to be enlisted among the greats.
Most Test runs for India:
Sachin Tendulkar – 15,921
Rahul Dravid – 13,265
Sunil Gavaskar – 10,122
Virat Kohli – 8871
VVS Laxman – 8781
When it comes to Indian Test cricket players, Tendulkar has scored the most runs ever. He has played 200 games and accumulated 15921 runs in his two-decade-long profession. Meanwhile, Dravid wound up with Test runs of 13265 during slaying 163 matches for India, whereas Gavaskar recorded 10122 runs in 125 games. The World Cup winner of 1983 was the very first batsman in the world to hit 10,000 runs in the red-ball version of the game.
In Test cricket, Kohli has 29 centuries to his kitty; if he scores a hundred in the second Test, he would be the only third cricketer in the Holi through Tendulkar and Ponting, t at manages to produce not less than 30 centuries in both formats of the Test cricket and ODI cricket besides getting 30 centuries in both formats. Sachin had 49 centuries in ODIs and 51 in Tests at the pinnacle of his career while Ponting scored 41 in Tests and 30 in ODIs. Kohli, in contrast, has 50 centuries in ODIs and 29 in Test matches. Besides that, he also has one century in T20 internationals.
