First, fastest, highest: Kohli rewrites record books
The 5000 runs came in 105th innings, which is the fourth fastest among the Indian batsmen after Sunil Gavaskar (95 innings), Virender Sehwag (98 innings) and Sachin Tendulkar (103 innings).
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View In AppKohli now has 2681 runs in 2017. He bettered Rahul Dravid’s feat of 2626 runs in 1999.
Fastest 50 & 100: His century off 110 balls and the half-century off 52 balls were his individual fastest landmarks in this format.
4th Quickest Indian to 5000: Kohli also completed his individual 5000 runs in the longest version of the game.
Homecoming: Incidentally, this is also Kohli's first ever Test hundred at the Feroz Shah Kotla. (Photo: BCCI)
Highest runs in a calendar Year: The Indian captain also became the highest run scorer in one calendar year for India, across formats. (Photo: AFP)
Kohli now has 11 international hundreds in a season -- one less than Sachin Tendulkar's 12.
While many captains have had three or four Test tons in a five-match series, it is rarity that a batsman has scored three consecutive tons in a three-match series. (Photo: AP)
The Indian captain scored 104 not out in Kolkata followed by 213 in Nagpur before completing his hat-trick with his 20th Test hundred in his 63rd game here. (Photo: BCCI)
Kohli was unbeaten at 156 with India in a real strong position at 371 for 4 at stumps on Day of the third Test. (Photo: AFP)
Hat-trick of Tons: Indian cricket's current 'Milestone Man' Virat Kohli became the first international captain to hit three successive hundreds in a three-Test series. (Photo: ICC)
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