Former Indian team captain Virat Kohli will be seen playing in the Test format after a long time. The two-match Test series between India and Bangladesh is going to start from September 19. Virat Kohli will play a Test match after about nine months. Earlier, he was not a part of the five-match Test series against England earlier this year due to personal reasons. Kohli will have a chance to make a big record in his name during the Test series against Bangladesh.
Virat Kohli will play the longest format of the game for the first time since January. During this time, Kohli will have a chance to achieve many records. Kohli is just 58 runs away from completing 27,000 runs in international cricket. If he achieves this feat in the series against Bangladesh, he will break Sachin Tendulkar’s record and become the fastest player to score 27,000 runs.
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Kohli will become the fourth player to achieve this feat after Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara and Ricky Ponting. It is worth noting that Kohli also holds the record for scoring the fastest 16,000, 17,000, 18,000, 19,000, 20,000, 21,000, 22,000, 23,000, 24,000, 25,000 and 26,000 runs in international cricket.
The Indian team will host Bangladesh and New Zealand before the five-match Test series against Australia. If India does well in these series, it will have a chance to make it to the final for the third consecutive time.