IND vs BAN 1st Test: Virat Kohli Just Nine Boundaries Away From Joining Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar In Elite Club

Virat Kohli has the opportunity to set several records during IND vs BAN Test series, including one that he could potentially achieve in the first innings of the opening Test in Chennai.

India vs Bangladesh Test series kicks off tomorrow, September 19, with the first Test taking place at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium. IND vs BAN Test series marks Virat Kohli's return to Test cricket after a long absence, with his last appearance being against South Africa last year. He missed the home Test series against England due to the birth of his second child.

Virat Kohli has the opportunity to set several records during the series, including one that he could potentially achieve in the first innings of the opening Test in Chennai.

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If Virat Kohli manages to hit 9 more fours in IND vs BAN 1st Test, he will join the exclusive group of players who have reached 1,000 boundaries in Test cricket. To date, only five Indian batsmen have accomplished this milestone.

Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, and Sunil Gavaskar are the Indian batters who have previously reached this milestone. If Virat Kohli hits 9 more fours in IND vs BAN 1st Test or later in the second Test in Kanpur, he will become the sixth Indian batsman to join the elite club of 1,000 Test fours.

'Master Blaster' Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for most fours in Test cricket for India, with 2,058. At number two in this list is Rahul Dravid with 1,654 fours, while Virender Sehwag ranks third with 1,233. VVS Laxman is fourth, and Sunil Gavaskar is fifth.

Indians who have hit most fours in Test cricket:

2058 - Sachin Tendulkar
1654 - Rahul Dravid
1233 - Virender Sehwag
1135 - VVS Laxman
1016 - Sunil Gavaskar
991 - Virat Kohli*

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Virat Kohli 58 runs away from 'mega milestone'

Virat Kohli has so far scored 26,942 runs in international cricket over 591 innings. If he scores 58 runs in the next 4 innings of 2 Tests, he will become the first batter to surpass 27,000 international runs in under 600 innings.