<p><strong>Virat Kohli</strong>: In what proves to be a phenomenal-achievement, legendary Indian Batsman Virat Kohli completed the 9000 runs mark in the longest format of the game. The 35-year-old attained this remarkable achievement during team India's ongoing 1st test-match versus New Zealand in the city of Bangalore.</p>



<p>With youngster Shubman Gill missing the 1st test due to a neck-injury, the Men in Blue took the brave decision of promoting Kohli to the number three-position. Although the former Indian skipper gave his wicket away cheaply to Will O'Rourke for zero runs in the 1st inning, he rebounded in a strong fashion, slamming a remarkable half-century in the 2nd inning.</p>



<p>Besides rejuvenating with a half-century, Kohli became just the fourth Indian batsman to score 9000 runs in Test-Cricket. This, he joined the legendary-trio of little master Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid, the three other players to have achieved the mile-stone in the five-day format.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Indian Batters To Have Scored The Highest Number of Runs in Test-Cricket</strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Innings</th><th>Runs</th></tr><tr><td>Sachin Tendulkar</td><td>329</td><td>15921</td></tr><tr><td>Rahul Dravid</td><td>284</td><td>13265</td></tr><tr><td>Sunil Gavaskar</td><td>214</td><td>10122</td></tr><tr><td>Virat Kohli</td><td>197</td><td>9000</td></tr><tr><td>VVS Laxman</td><td>225</td><td>8781</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong><br>Virat?Kohli?Uses?A?Brave?Knock?To?Silence?His?Criticism </strong></h2>



<p>Indian?fans?severely?criticized?Kohli?after?he?left?the?field?for?a?duck?in?the?opening?inning.?But?for?the?umpteenth?time,?he?proved?his?value?in?Indian?colors?by?silencing?his?detractors?with?this?half-century?in?a?challenging?circumstance.?Regarding?the?game,?India?reacted?forcefully?to?New?Zealand's?massive?first-innings?score.?Despite?Yashasvi?Jaiswal's?dismissal?for?35?runs,?India's?deficit?was?much?reduced?by?the?brilliant?half-centuries?that?Kohli,?Rohit,?and?Sarfaraz?Khan?smashed.?India?was?214?for?two?at?the?time?of?writing,?with?Sarfaraz?and?Kohli?each?scoring?62?runs.</p>



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