Virat Kohli's records in India vs West Indies 1st Test: Team India remained intact and in firm control on the second day of India vs West Indies 1st Test in Dominica. The visiting team reached 312 runs for loss of 2 wickets by the end of the second day's play on Thursday (July 13). In this way, on the basis of their first innings, India now lead West Indies by 162 runs and will look to make solid gains on Day 3 as well. At stumps on Day 2, debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal (143 runs in 350 balls) and icon Virat Kohli (36 runs in 96 balls) remained unbeaten, stitching a solid partnership of 72 runs for third wicket.
Virat Kohli's hunger for runs and consistency helped him continue scaling new heights as the former skipper became the fifth highest run scorer in Test matches for India. Kohli, whose current run-tally in Test cricket stands at 8,504 runs after Day 2's play of IND vs WI 1st Test, left behind Virender Sehwag in the list of Indian batters with most runs in Test cricket.
'Master Blaster' Sachin Tendulkar is at the top in the list of players with the most runs in Test matches for India, with 15,921 Test runs to his name, also making him the highest run scorer in Test cricket history. India head coach Rahul Dravid is the second highest run-scorer in Test cricket for India with 13,265 Test runs.
Cricketer-turned-commentator Sunil Gavaskar is at number three in this list with 10,122 runs in his Test career, followed by VVS Laxman (8781 Test runs) at number four. Virat Kohli (8504 runs and counting) has become the fifth highest run scorer in Test matches for India. The next target for Kohli would be Laxman's Test-runs tally of 8,781 runs.