| Virat Kohli (IND) |
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Joe Root (ENG) |
| Nov 5, 1988 |
Date of birth |
Dec 30, 1990 |
| 29 years |
Age |
27 years |
| vs WI in Jamaica, Jun 20, 2011 |
Test debut |
vs IND in Nagpur, Dec 13, 2012 |
| No. 4 (top-order batsman) |
Batting position |
No. 4/3 (top-order batsman) |
| Right-hand batsman |
Batting style |
Right-hand batsman |
| vs SA at Wanderers, Jan 27, 2018 |
Last Test |
vs PAK at Headingley, Jun 1, 2018 |
| No. 2 |
ICC Test ranking |
No. 3 |
| 71 (122) |
Tests (inns) |
74 (135) |
| 6147 |
Test runs |
6279 |
| 53.92 |
Average |
51.04 |
| 8 |
Not outs |
12 |
| 6 |
Double centuries |
2 |
| 3 |
150s |
4 |
| 23 |
100s |
14 |
| 19 |
50s |
41 |
| 16 |
100s as captain |
3 |
| 11 |
100s overseas |
3 |
| 10 |
100s at home |
10 |
| 6 vs AUS, 5 vs SL, 4 vs ENG, 3 vs NZ, 2 vs SA, 1 vs BAN, 1 vs WI |
100s by opponent |
4 vs IND, 3 vs AUS, 2 vs SA, 2 vs WI, 1 vs NZ, 1 vs PAK, 1 vs SL |
| 58.22 |
Strike rate |
55.20 |
| 243 vs Sri Lanka at Kotla, Delhi |
Highest score |
254 vs Pakistan at Old Trafford, Manchester |
| 685 |
4s |
716 |
| 18 |
6s |
17 |
| Matches 40; won 22, drawn 9, lost 9 |
Captaincy record |
Matches 21; won 10, drawn 2, lost 9 |
- The first batsman ever to score double centuries in four consecutive Test series
- 11th Indian batsman to score 5000 Test runs
- The first batsman to score six double hundreds as captain
- Highest run-scorer for an Indian batsman in a three-match Test series (610 runs against Sri Lanka 2017), and the fourth-highest overall
- Kohli-led India hold the record for the joint-most consecutive Test series wins (9)
- First Indian Test captain to score a double century overseas
- Most Test runs in 2012 (689), 2015 (640) and 2016 (1215) by an Indian
- Most Test centuries as captain of India (15)
- Second-fastest Indian batsman to 6000 runs in Test cricket
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Test records |
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- Only the second batsman to score half-centuries in 12 consecutive Tests
- Root’s 1385 Test runs in 2015 were the second most by an Englishman in a calendar year
- Most runs in Test in 2016 (1477) and the second-highest run scorer in Test in 2015 (1385)
- Part of Wisden Cricketers of the Year 2014
- England’s Test Cricketer of the Year 2016
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