V Kohli becomes the third Indian captain to aggregate 3000 plus test runs
V Kohli has an aggregate of 2887 runs while leading India in tests prior to the start of the Delhi test against Sri Lanka. He needed 124 more runs for his 3000 runs. He scored 156 not out at the end of the first day which fetched him 3033 runs. He became the third Indian captain to score 3000 plus runs. Others are MS Dhoni {3454} and SM Gavaskar {3449}.
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 |
| 1 | MS Dhoni | 60 | 96 | 11 | 3454 | 224 | 40.63 | 5 | 24 | 8 |
| 2 | SM Gavaskar | 47 | 74 | 6 | 3449 | 205 | 50.72 | 11 | 14 | 2 |
| 3 | V Kohli | 32 | 50 | 5 | 3033 | 235 | 67.40 | 13 | 4 | 2 |