V Kohli completes 5000 runs to become the eleventh Indian batsman to accomplish the feat
V Kohli had an aggregate of 4975 runs prior to the start of this test. He neede 25 more runs for his 5000 runs. If He scored 156 not out at the end of the first day of the Delhi test which fetched him an aggregate of 5131 runs. He become the eleventh Indian batsman to score 5000 plus test runs. Others are – SR Tendulkar {15921}, R Dravid {13265}, SM Gavaskar {10122}, VVS Laxman {8781}, V Sehwag {8503}, SC Ganguly {7212}, DB Vengsarkar {6868}, M Azharuddin {6215}, GR Viswanath {6080} and N Kapil Dev {5248}. He would also become the 94th batsman in the history of test cricket to score 5000 plus runs. The following table lists all the eleven batsmen with their performance
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 |
| 1 | SR Tendulkar | 200 | 329 | 33 | 15921 | 248* | 53.78 | 51 | 68 | 14 |
| 2 | R Dravid | 163 | 284 | 32 | 13265 | 270 | 52.63 | 36 | 63 | 07 |
| 3 | SM Gavaskar | 125 | 214 | 16 | 10122 | 236* | 51.12 | 34 | 45 | 12 |
| 4 | VVS Laxman | 134 | 225 | 34 | 08781 | 281 | 45.97 | 17 | 56 | 14 |
| 5 | V Sehwag | 103 | 178 | 06 | 08503 | 319 | 49.43 | 23 | 31 | 16 |
| 6 | SC Ganguly | 113 | 188 | 17 | 07212 | 239 | 42.17 | 16 | 35 | 13 |
| 7 | DB Vengsarkar | 116 | 185 | 22 | 06868 | 166 | 42.13 | 17 | 35 | 15 |
| 8 | M Azharuddin | 099 | 147 | 09 | 06215 | 199 | 45.03 | 22 | 21 | 05 |
| 9 | GR Viswanath | 091 | 155 | 10 | 06080 | 222 | 41.93 | 14 | 35 | 10 |
| 10 | N Kapil Dev | 131 | 184 | 15 | 05248 | 163 | 31.05 | 08 | 27 | 16 |
| 11 | V Kohli | 063 | 105 | 09 | 05131 | 235 | 53.44 | 20 | 14 | 06 |