Virat Kohli grew to become the fifth Indian to attain 4000 Test runs in India on his approach to scoring 59* in opposition to Australia on the third day of the fourth Test on the Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday.
The former India captain grew to become the third quickest participant to achieve the milestone in 77 innings, forsaking Rahul Dravid (88) and the good Sunil Gavaskar (87).
Captain Rohit Sharma additionally hit a milestone of his personal when his 35 helped him attain 17,000 runs in worldwide cricket.
A day stuffed with milestones!
Congratulations #GroupIndia 🇮🇳 Captain @ImRo45 On scoring 1⃣7⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ runs in worldwide cricket 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/CZ8vYpHmGe
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 11, 2023
In the match, all eyes might be on Kohli, who appeared purposeful and assured throughout his keep on the crease for over two hours on the third day. There was no celebration after finishing his twenty ninth half-century in Test cricket.
The tempo of his partnership with Ravindra Jadeja (16 batting, 54 balls) would set the narrative for the ultimate few days.
Meanwhile, batsman Shubman Gill gave ample publicity to his immense expertise with a classy century however India’s batting unit did not take full benefit as they have been bundled out for 289 for 3 on the third day in opposition to Australia.
Milestone 🚨 – 4000 kilos#INDvAUS #GroupIndia , @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/W6lPx7savd
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 11, 2023
Gill, who batted for practically six hours, scored an excellent 128 off 235 balls, hitting a six off Nathan Lyon and 12 high-quality fours, to justify his choice within the taking part in XI forward of KL Rahul, however India scored solely 256 runs in 90 overs. ,
The hosts are nonetheless 191 runs wanting Australia’s first innings whole of 480.
Leading 2-1 within the collection, India want a 3-1 win within the collection to qualify for the ultimate of the World Test Championship.
If India lose this match and Sri Lanka win the continuing collection in opposition to New Zealand 2-0, the island nation will qualify for the WTC last in opposition to Australia.
If India draw, and Sri Lanka fail to win 2–0, the WTC last might be held between India and Australia at The Oval in June.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
