The first match of the Test series between India and England is scheduled to be played in Hyderabad. Team India's veteran player Virat Kohli can set a special record in this game. But for that, Kohli needs to score a century. Kohli can score 9000 Test runs in this match. Kohli is the top run-scorer in the current India team.
Virat has played 113 Test matches so far. 8848 runs were scored during this period. He needs 152 runs to complete 9000 runs. Kohli scored 29 centuries and 30 half-centuries in this format. His best score was 254 unbeaten runs. Virat is at the top of the list of current players in scoring the most runs for India. Kohli will have a chance to achieve this special feat in the Hyderabad Test.
The record for most Test runs for Team India is held by Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin has scored 15921 runs in 200 matches. During this period he composed 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries. Sachin's best Test score was 248 runs not out. Rahul Dravid is second in this list. Dravid has scored 13265 runs in 163 matches. During this period he composed 36 centuries and 63 half-centuries. Sunil Gavaskar has scored 10122 runs. He has set 34 centuries and 45 half-centuries to music.
We tell you that Indian captain Rohit Sharma is pretty low in this list. Rohit is ranked at number 19. He has scored 3737 runs in 54 Test matches. Rohit has scored 10 centuries and 16 half-centuries in this format. Ravichandran Ashwin has scored 3193 runs in 95 matches. He had scored 5 centuries and 14 half-centuries. Ashwin is ranked 23rd. Ravindra Jadeja has scored 2804 runs in 68 matches.