Yet another milestone for V Kohli
V Kohli became the third captain in the annals of test cricket to score 3000 plus runs while batting at number four. He reached the milestone when he was on 221 during the course of his knock of 243 against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Delhi. At the end of India’s first innings, his run aggregate read 3022. Others to accomplish such a feat are – AR Border {3458} and DPMD Jayawardene {3290}. The following table furnishes the performance of these three captains
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 |
| 1 | AR Border | Aus | 53 | 75 | 13 | 3458 | 205 | 55.77 | 07 | 20 | 3 |
| 2 | M Jayawardene | Srl | 37 | 58 | 04 | 3290 | 374 | 60.92 | 14 | 06 | 7 |
| 3 | V Kohli | Ind | 30 | 46 | 04 | 3022 | 243 | 71.95 | 13 | 03 | 2 |