(9000 Test runs for Virat Kohli): In the first Test match being played between India and New Zealand at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, experienced batsman Virat Kohli has achieved a big milestone in his name. He has joined the club of those who have scored 9 thousand runs in Test cricket.

Kohli achieved this milestone on the fourth ball of the 42nd over of the second innings. He stole a single off William’s ball and reached this milestone. Sachin Tendulkar is at the top in terms of scoring most runs for India in Test cricket. After that come the names of Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar. Kohli is at number four in this list.

See the list here (Most Test runs by Indians)

• Sachin Tendulkar – 15921
• Rahul Dravid – 13288
• Sunil Gavaskar-10122
• Virat Kohli- 9000*

Here is the status of the match

New Zealand scored 402 runs losing all the wickets in their first innings. In response to this, the Indian team looked in rhythm in the second innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma opened the innings and made a partnership of 72 runs for the first wicket. During this, Jaiswal lost his wicket by playing a bad shot.

After this, Rohit Sharma unfortunately got bowled by Ejaz Patel. Rohit Sharma scored 52 runs in 63 balls. After the dismissal of these two batsmen, Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan took charge and both scored runs rapidly. During this, both the batsmen completed their respective half-centuries.

Kohli and Sarfaraz made a partnership of 136 runs for the third wicket. Kohli was out on the last ball of the day. He played a valuable inning of 70 runs. Whereas Sarfaraz is at the crease after scoring 70 runs. At the end of the game, Team India has scored 231 runs at the loss of 3 wickets and is still 125 runs behind.