Kohli has now scored more than 7,000 Test runs at an average of over 53 since making his debut in the West Indies in 2011India skipper Virat Kohli struck a double century and surpassed batting great Don Bradman's Test tally of 6,996 runs in the second Test against South Africa on Friday. Kohli has now scored more than 7,000 Test runs at an average of over 53 since making his debut in the West Indies in 2011. Playing his 50th Test as captain, Kohli has overtaken many big names in Test cricket. Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya and Australian Steve Smith (6973 each), and former England batsman Len Hutton (6971) are now behind Kohli in Test runs. While Kohli needed 138 innings to get this far, Bradman got the runs in 80 innings at an average of 99.94.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 11, 2019 11:26 UTC