Records galore for V Kohli in tests with his 149 at Birmingham against England
Other milestones achieved by V Kohli during his knock of 149 at Birmingham in the ongoing test are tabulated below
He now owns the record of scoring most runs by an Indian captain in tests. His aggregate at the end of second day’s play at Birmingham read 3605. MS Dhoni’s aggregate of 3454 was the previous highest aggregate by an Indian captain.
V Kohli’s aggregate runs against England read 804 while leading India against England. He became the second Indian captain to score 800 plus runs against England. MS Dhoni is the other captain with 842 runs to his credit.
V Kohli’ run aggregate against England read 1126 as batsman. He became the 13th Indian batsman to total 1000 plus runs against England. He reached the milestone of scoring 1000 runs when he was on 23 during his knock of 149.
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 |
| 1 | SR Tendulkar | 32 | 53 | 4 | 2535 | 193 | 51.73 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | SM Gavaskar | 38 | 67 | 2 | 2483 | 221 | 38.20 | 4 | 16 | 3 |
| 3 | R Dravid | 21 | 37 | 5 | 1950 | 217 | 60.93 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | GR Viswanath | 30 | 54 | 4 | 1880 | 222 | 37.60 | 4 | 12 | 3 |
| 5 | DB Vengsarkar | 26 | 43 | 6 | 1589 | 157 | 42.94 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 6 | N Kapil Dev | 27 | 39 | 6 | 1355 | 116 | 41.06 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| 7 | M Azharuddin | 15 | 24 | 2 | 1278 | 182 | 58.09 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | VL Manjrekar | 17 | 29 | 2 | 1181 | 189* | 43.74 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 9 | MS Dhoni | 21 | 37 | 2 | 1157 | 99 | 33.05 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
| 10 | V Kohli | 15 | 26 | 3 | 1126 | 235 | 48.95 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | FM Engineer | 18 | 33 | 3 | 1113 | 121 | 37.10 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 12 | CA Pujara | 14 | 25 | 2 | 1061 | 206* | 46.13 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | RJ Shastri | 20 | 31 | 4 | 1026 | 187 | 38.00 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
V Kohli’s 149 represents his 22nd century as a batsman. He became the sixth Indian batsman to score 22 or more test centuries. Others are – SR Tendulkar {51}, R Dravid {36}, SM Gavaskar {34}, V Sehwag {23} and M Azharuddin {22}
V Kohli’s 149 represents his 12th test century on away soil. He became the fourth Indian batsman to score 12 or more centuries on away soil. Others are – SR Tendulkar {29}, R Dravid {21} and SM Gavaskar {18}
It also represents his 15th century as captain batting at number four. He now owns the record for most centuries by a captain batting at number four. He went past DPMD Jayawardne who held the record previously with 14 centuries to his credit while batting at number four. BC Lara and SPD Smith are the other two captains who have scored ten centuries while batting at number four.
V Kohli now has an aggregate of 3416 runs as captain while batting at number four. Only AR Border has scored more runs – 3458 – as captain who has batted at number four. AR Border and V Kohli are the only two captains in the annals of test cricket with an aggregate of 3400 plus runs while batting at number four.
V Kohli’s 149 represent his 25th score of fifty plus runs while batting at number four. He became the third Indian batsman to score 25 fifties while batting at number four. Others are – SR Tendulkar {102} and GR Viswanath {43}
V Kohli’s 149 represnet his eleventh century while batting at number four on away soil. He now stands fourth in the list of batsmen who have scored eleven or more centuries while batting at number four on away soil. Others are – SR Tendulkar {24}, JH Kallis {14} and BC Lara {13}