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Captain Virat Kohli can create history in the third test match against England

Virat Kohli Records: The third match of the five-match Test series will be played between India and England in Leeds. In this match, Indian team captain Virat Kohli has a golden opportunity to make a unique record. If Kohli scores 63 runs in this match, then he will complete 23000 runs in international cricket. Till now there are only 6 batsmen in cricket history who have scored a total of 23,000 or more runs in all formats. In this case, Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar is at the top.

Kohli has played so many matches so far
Captain Kohli has played a total of 438 matches in all three formats of cricket so far, in which he has scored 22937 runs. He is very close to touching the mark of 23000 runs and it is expected that he will make this record in his name in the next match. If he scores 63 runs in the next match, then he will become the 7th batsman in the world to score 23000 or more runs. Apart from this, he will become the third Indian batsman to do so. So far, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid have made this record for India.

These are the highest run scorers
Sachin Tendulkar is at the top in terms of runs in international cricket. Sachin played a total of 664 matches in his career, in which he scored 34357 runs. Sachin has also achieved the feat of scoring 100 centuries in international cricket. Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara (28016) at number two in terms of highest runs, former Australian captain Ricky Ponting (27483) at number three, Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka (25957) at number four and Jacques Kallis (25534) of South Africa at number five. ) Huh. Rahul Dravid (24208) is at number six in this list. At present, Virat Kohli occupies the seventh position.

Virat is struggling for long runs
Virat Kohli has not been in good form for a long time and this is the reason why no century has come from his bat after November 2019. Even though Team India is leading 1-0 in the five-match Test series, Virat Kohli’s lack of form is a matter of concern. However, Virat Kohli’s coach Rajkumar Sharma had expressed hope on Monday that Kohli would soon score a century.

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