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Friday, December 9, 2016

2016-17 England Tour of India - India Vs England Fourth Test @ Mumbai Saturday Dec 10,2016 - Virat Kohli crosses 4000+ Runs in Test Match Cricket

 Virat Kohli crosses 4000+ Runs in Test Match Cricket 


Virat Kohli  gone past 1000 runs in Tests in 2016,when he reached 35 in the 4th Test @ Wankhede Stadium Mumbai Vs England on Day Three Saturday Dec 10,2016


This is the first time he has achieved this feat. Well done!

He is the fourth batsmen to go past 1000 in Tests in 2016, with Jonny Bairstow leading the list, along with Joe Root and Alastair Cook.

Virat Kohli continued to pile on the records as he reached 4000 runs in his Test career.

Virat Kohli when he crossed 41 reach 4,000 career Test runs in his 52nd Test and is the 14th Indian batsman to reach the figure.

Virat Kohli has been unstoppable in this series, averaging 100-plus, with a glorious run of 40, 49 not out, 167, 81, 62 in the first three Tests.

Virat Kohli had made his debut against West Indies in 2011 at Kingston and hit his first hundred in his eighth Test, against Australia at Adelaide in the 2011-12 series

At close of play on Day three Saturday Dec 10,2016 India were 451/7 with Virat Kohli remain unbeaten 147 Runs and  Jayant Yadav 30*Runs

Virat Kohli Career statistics

 





The stats behind Virat Kohli's century

  • The first India batsman to score 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year since Rahul Dravid in 2011
  • The second youngest and sixth fastest Indian to reach 4,000 Test runs
  • Moved to 14th in the all-time list of India Test run-scorers
  • Eighth Test century as India captain, out of 15 overall centuries
  • The sixth India player to score 500 runs against England in a series; the only other player to do so as captain is Sunil Gavaskar

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