When Indian captain Virat Kohli scored his 6th run in his 46 runs innings against England in the Southampton Test, he completed 6000 runs in Test cricket and became the 10th Indian player to achieve the milestone of 6000 Test runs.
In terms of innings, Virat Kohli (119) is the second quickest Indian after Sunil Gavaskar (117) to reach 6000 Test runs.
Here are a few records which Virat Kohli made during his 46 runs knock:
10 - Virat Kohli became the 10th Indian player to score 6000 or more Test runs for India.
Most Test runs for India -
Sachin Tendulkar - 15921
Rahul Dravid - 13265
Sunil Gavaskar - 10122
VVS Laxman - 8781
Virender Sehwag - 8503
Sourav Ganguly - 7212
Dilip Vengsarkar - 6868
Mohammad Azharuddin - 6215
Gundappa Viswanath - 6080
VIRAT KOHLI - 6040*
119 - Number of innings taken by Virat Kohli to reach 6000 Test runs - the second quickest for India and overall ninth quickest in the world.
Fewest innings to 6000 Test runs for India -
Sunil Gavaskar - 117
VIRAT KOHLI - 119
Sachin Tendulkar - 120
Virender Sehwag - 123
Rahul Dravid - 125
Fewest innings to reach 6000 Test runs in the world -
Don Bradman (AUS) - 68
Sir Gary Sobers (WI) / Steve Smith (AUS) - 111
Wally Hammond (ENG) - 114
Len Hutton (ENG) / Ken Berrington (ENG) / Kumar Sangakkara - 116
Sunil Gavaskar (IND) - 117
VIRAT KOHLI (IND) - 119
54.41 - Virat Kohli's Test batting average - the highest among Indian players who have scored 6000 or more Test runs.
Best Test batting average for India (Min 6000 Test runs) -
VIRAT KOHLI - 54.41
Sachin Tendulkar - 53.78
Rahul Dravid - 52.63
Sunil Gavaskar - 51.12
Virender Sehwag - 49.63