The Indian captain completed 5000 runs in Test cricket on Day 1 of the Delhi Test match in his 105th innings. Kohli is the 11th Indian batsman to complete 5000 runs in Test cricket and the fourth quickest among Indians to achieve the feat. The 2016-17 home season saw Kohli scoring 1503 runs in 17 Tests at an average of 70.75 with eight centuries and a record four double hundreds in consecutive series. 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. He joined former South Africa captain Graeme Smith and Rahul Dravid in 12th spot in the list of most double hundreds by batsmen.

Source: dna December 02, 2017 08:26 UTC