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Star Indian batter Virat Kohli completed his 9,000 Test runs after he crossed the required 53-run mark in the second innings of the first Test on day three at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday. Kohli is now the fourth Indian, after Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, and Rahul Dravid, to achieve this milestone for India.
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Full list of Indian batters with 9,000+ Test runs
| Player | Matches | Innings | Not out | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 |
| SR Tendulkar | 200 | 329 | 33 | 15921 | 248* | 53.78 | 51 | 68 |
| R Dravid | 163 | 284 | 32 | 13265 | 270 | 52.63 | 36 | 63 |
| SM Gavaskar | 125 | 214 | 16 | 10122 | 236* | 51.12 | 34 | 45 |
| V Kohli | 116* | 197 | 13 | 9000 | 254* | 48.91 | 29 | 31 |
Fastest to 9,000 runs
Virat Kohli took 197 innings to complete his 9,000 Test runs, making him the fourth-fastest Indian and the 13th fastest overall to 9,000 Test runs.
Full list of players with the fewest innings to 9,000 Test runs
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| Player | Opposition | Ground | Matches | Innings |
| KC Sangakkara (SL) | v Pakistan | Sharjah | 103 | 172 |
| SPD Smith (AUS) | v England | Lord's | 99 | 174 |
| R Dravid (ICC/IND) | v West Indies | Kingston | 104 | 176 |
| BC Lara (WI) | v South Africa | Cape Town | 101 | 177 |
| RT Ponting (AUS) | v England | Brisbane | 106 | 177 |
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | v India | Ahmedabad | 108 | 178 |
| SR Tendulkar (IND) | v Australia | Sydney | 111 | 179 |
| Younis Khan (PAK) | v England | Dubai (DICS) | 103 | 184 |
| JH Kallis (ICC/SA) | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 110 | 188 |
| SM Gavaskar (IND) | v Australia | Adelaide | 110 | 192 |
| GC Smith (ICC/SA) | v Pakistan | Dubai (DICS) | 112 | 195 |
| JE Root (ENG) | v India | Lord's | 107 | 196 |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | v New Zealand | M Chinnaswamy | 116 | 197 |
Virat Kohli's Test career in numbers
Virat Kohli now has 9,000 runs in 116 Test matches, with an average of 48.91, including 29 centuries and 31 half-centuries, at the time this story was written.
Virat Kohli's Test stats
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
| 116 | 197 | 13 | 9000 | 254* | 48.91 | 55.81 | 29 | 31 |
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