Virat Kohli just cannot stop breaking records. Despite his team suffering a 60-run defeat in the fourth Test against England on Sunday, the Indian captain on added another record to his name as he became the first Indian to score 4000 runs in Tests as captain.
Kohli went past former captain MS Dhoni, who aggregated 3454 Test runs as captain. Sunil Gavaskar, who scored 3449 runs as the skipper of Team India, is at number three.
Ahead of the five-match Test series, Kohli needed 544 runs to complete 4000 runs as captain in Tests. He has scored 544 runs at an average of 68.00, including 2 centuries and three half-centuries, in the series so far.
Kohli also became the sixth Indian batsman to aggregate 1500 runs against England. The list is led by Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar with 2535 against the current hosts. He scored seven centuries and 13 half-centuries at an average of 51.73.
Sunil Gavaskar (2483), Rahul Dravid (1950), Gundappa Viswanath (1880) and Dilip Vengsarkar (1589) are the other Indian batsmen who have scored 1500-plus runs against England.
Kohli also became country's highest run-getting Test skipper overseas. The record was previously held by former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, who has 1693 runs to his name.
Dhoni is third on the list with 1591 runs at an average of 32.46. Dhoni has played 30 Tests as captain overseas.
The India captain took 19 Tests to achieve the milestone, while Ganguly played 28 Tests overseas as captain.
With England having sealed the series 3-1, India will play for pride when the two teams meet in London for the fifth and final Test starting Friday.
