The Indian captain Virat Kohli was unstoppable during the first innings of the ongoing Pune Test against South Africa. While he scored 254*, the right-handed batsman broke many records for India and world cricket. But one of the most crucial records in this list was breaking the legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s top Test batting average.
Friday (11th October) was the day two of this Test match where Virat Kohli dominated with the bat. He started the day from his overnight score of unbeaten 63 runs and completed his century in 173 balls. The Indian captain was totally unstoppable and reached his double-century mark in 293 balls.
Completed 7,000 Test runs in 138 innings
Reaching the 200-run mark, Kohli also completed his 7,000 Test runs. It was the 138th Test innings for Kohli. After reaching the 7,000 Test runs milestone, Kohli became the joint fourth fastest batsman and third fastest Indian batsman to complete 7,000 Test runs.
List of the fastest batsmen to complete 7,000 Test runs
| Player (Team) | Matches | Innings |
| Wally Hammond (England) | 80 | 131 |
| Virender Sehwag (India/ICC World XI) | 79 | 134 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (India) | 85 | 136 |
| Sir Garry Sobers (West Indies) | 79 | 138 |
| Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) | 83 | 138 |
| Virat Kohli (India) | 81 | 138 |
| Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan) | 82 | 139 |
Virat Kohli Test batting average 55.10; Sachin Tendulkar Test batting average 53.78
When Kohli was batting on 208 runs, he gave a chance at slip to the South African captain Faf du Plessis. The visiting captain grabbed that catch very well but it was denied due to the front-foot no-ball by the left-arm spinner Senuran Muthusamy.
Virat Kohli later reached to 254 runs off 336 balls (33 fours and 2 sixes) before declaring India’s first innings on 601/5.
After this innings, Virat Kohli has scored 7,054 runs in 138 Test innings with an average of 55.10. It is the best batting average by an Indian batsman who batted minimum 25 innings. Legendary Sachin Tendulkar is in the second position in this list. While Tendulkar scored 15,921 runs in 329 Test innings (200 Test matches), his Test batting average was 53.78.