Virat Kohli runs in 2018: Most Test runs as an Asian captain

Dixit Bhargav | 13/10/2018
Virat Kohli runs in 2018

Virat Kohli runs in 2018: The Indian captain has put another feather in his cap by scoring the most Test runs as an Asian captain.

During the second day of the second Test of the ongoing West Indies’ tour of India at Hyderabad, Indian captain Virat Kohli has topped another list, which has put him at the helm of another record as the Asian level.

After India bundled out the opposition on 311 in 101.4 overs in the first hour of the day, Indian batsmen resumed proceedings in the middle. Kohli came in to bat at No. 4 in the 19 over when Prithvi Shaw got out after scoring a quickfire half-century.

Continuing from where he left at Rajkot, Kohli hit a boundary on his fifth ball off Jomel Warrican. Kohli got out after his counterpart in Jason Holder pinned him in front of the stumps in the 43rd over, ending up scoring 45 (78) with the help of five fours.

However, in the process, Kohli made sure to register another feat in Test cricket, something which has been doing with every Test innings of late. Kohli surpassed former Pakistani captain Misbah-ul-Haq as the highest run-scorer (4,229) by an Asian captain in Test matches.

Misbah had scored 42,14 Test runs as captain. Whereas, Mahela Jayawardene had scored 3,665 runs as Test captain. The next on the list is another Indian in former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who had scored 3,454 runs as Test captain.

On a global platform, former South African captain Graeme Smith tops this list for he has scored 8,659 in 109 matches as South Africa’s Test captain.

Having lost Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh Pant have just completed a solid 50-run partnership for the fifth wicket for their team. Their stand has also brought the deficit under 100 runs.

Below are some of the recent Twitter reactions about the ongoing match:

 

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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