Highlights 1 Kohli is the fourth quickest among Indians to complete 5000 runs in Test cricket. 2 Before the start of the third Test, Kohli needed just 25 runs to achieve the feat. Kohli breached the 5000-run barrier in the longest format on Day 1 of the Test match in his 105th innings and became the joint 14th-quickest to reach the landmark. Kohli is the 11th Indian batsman to complete 5000 runs in Test cricket and the fourth quickest among Indians to achieve the feat. He is also the first captain to smash 10 international hundreds in a calendar year which includes four Test hundreds and six one-day international tons.

Source: India Today December 02, 2017 07:01 UTC