Virat Kohli became the slowest player to score 9000 runs for India, know who is at the top

Indian batsman Virat Kohli has completed 9,000 Test runs in the first match against New Zealand at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. He achieved this feat during India's second innings.

Virat Kohli became the fourth Indian batsman to achieve this feat after Sachin Tendulkar (15,921), Rahul Dravid (13,265) and Sunil Gavaskar (10,122). However, among these, Kohli (197) was the slowest batsman to reach this milestone in terms of innings.

Virat Kohli has not scored any Test half-century in the year 2024 so far. Now he has scored his 31st Test half-century against New Zealand. Virat Kohli is the second-highest Test run-scorer among active players after England's Joe Root (12,716 runs).

He is 18th in the overall list. Glenn Phillips eventually ended Kohli's innings at 70, which included eight fours and a six. India was 231/3 at the stumps on the third day. Sarfaraz Khan is unbeaten on 70 and India trails by 125 runs after being bundled out for 46 in the first innings.

Which is their lowest score on home ground. After the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal (35) and Indian captain Rohit Sharma (52) fell, Kohli and Sarfaraz took charge of the innings by making a partnership of 136 runs for the third wicket.

Had to wait a long time to score 9000 runs

The record of scoring the fastest 9000 runs in Test cricket is registered in the name of Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara. He took only 172 innings to accomplish this feat. Virat Kohli took 197 innings to reach this figure. He comes at number six in the list of slowest 9000 runs in Test cricket history.

The fastest batsman to score 9000 runs from India

Rahul Dravid – 176 innings

Sachin Tendulkar - 179 innings

Sunil Gavaskar - 192 innings

Virat Kohli - 197 innings