India captain Virat Kohli on Friday achieved a huge Test cricket milestone when he went on to surpass former captain Dilip Vengsarkar in elite list. The right-handed batsman went on to cross Vengsarkar to climb to the 7th position in the list of players with most runs for India in the longest format. Kohli achieved the feat when he reached 78* during the course of his innings.
Vengsarkar, who played 116 Tests, scored 6,868 runs in his career. On the other hand, Kohli, who has played 81 Tests so far, has scored 6,878 runs so far in his career.
Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane carried on from where they had left on Day 1 and went on to go past the 100-run partnership. It was the 10th hundred-run stand between the two, and their 2nd between against South Africa in Test cricket. The duo also surpassed Rahul Dravid-Sourav Ganguly’s 96-run stand to become the fourth highest wicket stand for India against the Proteas in Test cricket for fourth wicket.
Apart from Kohli and Rahane, Mayank Agarwal and Cheteshwar Pujara also contributed with the bat for India. While the former scored a hundred in the Test, his 2nd in two consecutive Tests, Pujara went on to score a half century.
