Virat Kohli completes 4,000 Test runs at home: Key stats
Virat Kohli attained a massive feat as he completed 4,000 Test runs in India in the ongoing fourth Test against Australia in Ahmedabad. When he came to the crease, he was 44 runs away from the landmark. He reached there with relative ease, playing some gorgeous strokes. The Indian star completed 25,000 international runs in the 2nd Test of the series.
Kohli joins an elite list
Kohli became only the fifth Indian batter to reach 4,000 Test runs in home conditions, behind legends like Sachin Tendulkar (7,216), Rahul Dravid (5,598), Sunil Gavaskar (5,067), and Virender Sehwag (4,656). He also becomes the third-fastest Indian batter to reach the landmark (77 innings), beating Gavaskar (87) and Dravid (88). Adding to this, Kohli has 13 Test tons at home.
Second-best Test average among Indians at home
Kohli averages a staggering 59 in home Tests. This is the second-best Test average by an Indian cricketer at home (among players to have featured in 20 Tests). Kohli is only behind Rohit Sharma in this regard (66.73).
How has the match progressed?
Australia batted first and posted 480 runs courtesy of centuries from Usman Khawaja (180) and Cameron Green (114). Ravichandran Ashwin finished with 6/91. In reply, India added 74 runs for the opening stand, before Shubman Gill (128) and Pujara added 113 runs before the latter was dismissed. Gill and Kohli stretched the Indian score beyond the 200-run mark before Nathan Lyon removed the former.
First 50+ score for Kohli in 16 Test innings
While Kohli brings up his 29th Test fifty, this was his first 50+ score in 16 Test innings, breaking a spell of lean scores in recent times. This is the longest that Kohli has gone without scoring a fifty in his career. His last Test century came against Bangladesh (136) in 2019 in Kolkata. This is his first 50+ score in the ongoing series.
13 Test tons in India
Kohli has scored 13 Test centuries on Indian soil till now, the joint-fourth-most among Indian batters. Mohammed Azharuddin also has 13 home Test centuries. The duo is just behind Tendulkar (22), Gavaskar (16), and Dravid (15) in this regard.
