Virat Kohli quickest to 23,000 international runs

Virat Kohli took 490 innings to go past the aggregate of 23,000 runs in international cricket. He is the seventh batsman to reach this landmark.

490 The number of innings taken by Virat Kohli to go past the aggregate of 23000 runs in international cricket. During his first innings knock of fifty at The Oval he became the seventh batsman in international cricket to reach this landmark. He, however, is the quickest by a long distance in international cricket to reach this figure in the fewest number of innings.

The quickest among 23000 run club

Inns	Batsman	For	Opp	Venue	Achieved on	Final run aggregate
490	Virat Kohli	Ind	Eng	The Oval	2 Sep 2021	23093
522	Sachin Tendulkar	Ind	SA	Kolkata	2 Dec 2004	34357
544	Ricky Ponting	Aus	Eng	Cardiff	10 Jul 2009	27483
551	Jacques Kallis	SA	Ind	Centurion	17 Dec 2010	25534
568	Kumar Sangakkara	SL	SA	Colombo RPS	20 Jul 2013	28016
576	Rahul Dravid	Ind	WI	Bridgetown	1 Jul 2011	24208
645	Mahela Jayawardene	SL	Eng	The Oval	13 Jun 2013	25957

Note: Sri Lankans Jayawardene and Sangakkara achieved this landmark in an ODI match, while the rest did so in a Test match .

Kohli, incidentally is the quickest to reach the landmarks of 20000 (417 inns), 21000 (435 inns) and 22000 (462 inns) runs in international cricket.

 

47 The number of innings taken by Rohit Sharma to register his maiden overseas Test century. Among top-order batsmen, only two others have taken more innings to register a Test century in away Test matches than Rohit Sharma. Overall, it was the eighth Test century of his career.

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Most number of innings taken by top-order batsmen to register their maiden away Test century

Inns	Tests	Batsman	For	Runs	Opp	Venue	Achieved on	Test 100#
64	35	Ian Redpath	Aus	159*	NZ	Auckland	23 Mar 1974	4
52	30	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	WI	140	Ind	Kolkata	1 Nov 2002	6
47	25	Rohit Sharma	Ind	127	Eng	The Oval	4 Sep 2021	8
46	27	Allan Lamb	Eng	132	WI	Kingston	25 Feb 1990	10
42	23	Alistair Campbell	Zim	102	Ind	Nagpur	29 Nov 2000	1
41	24	Neil McKenzie	SAf	226	Ban	Chittagong	29 Feb 2008	3

Note: This was Redpath’s only away century and he never played in away Test again after this knock

 

31 The number of balls taken by Shardul Thakur to reach his Test fifty in the first innings of the Oval Test. This is believed to be the fastest in terms of the fewest balls (where recorded) for any individual fifty in all the Tests played in England since the inaugural one, also at the Oval in 1880, 141 years ago! He bettered the previous record of 32 balls held by England’s Ian Botham against New Zealand at the same venue in 1986.

Fewest balls taken to reach a Test fifty in England

Balls to 50	Batsman	(final score)	For	Against	Venue	Month, Year	Result
31	Shardul Thakur	(57 in 36 balls)	India	England	The Oval	Sep 2021	WON
32	Ian Botham	(59* in 36 balls)	England	New Zealand	The Oval	Aug 1986	Drawn
33	Clifford Roach	(56 in 38 balls)	West Indies	England	The Oval	Aug 1933	Lost
33	Kapil Dev	(65 in 55 balls)	India	England	Manchester	June 1982	Drawn
33	Harbhajan Singh	(54 in 37 balls)	India	England	Nottingham	Aug 2002	Drawn
33	Stuart Broad	(62 in 45 balls)	England	West Indies	Manchester	Jul 2020	WON

 

4 The number of Indian batsmen who aggregated over 1000 Test runs in England. Virat Kohli in the second innings of the Oval Test match became the latest Indian batsman to achieve this.

Indian batsman with over 1000 Test runs in England

Runs	Batsman	Mts	Inns	Ave
1575	Sachin Tendulkar	17	30	54.31
1376	Rahul Dravid	13	23	68.80
1152	Sunil Gavaskar	16	28	41.14
1002	Virat Kohli	15	29	34.55

Note: Kohli’s tally also includes his 44 & 13 he made against New Zealand at Southampton in June 2021 in the WTC final. Therefore, he is yet to cross the 1000 Test run mark against the home side.

9 The number of lower-order batsmen (from #8 and below) who have the distinction of making two fifty-plus scores in the same Test match. Shardul Thakur became the fourth Indian lower-order batsman to achieve this rare feat in the Oval Test match.

Lower-order batsmen (#8 & below) making fifty-plus scores in each innings of a Test match

1 Inns	2 inns	Bat#	Batsman	For	Opp	Venue	Month, Year	Result
51	69	(9/8)	Buster Nupen	SA	Eng	Durban	Jan 1928	Drawn
117	57*	(8)	Eric Dalton	SA	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1935	Drawn
92	63	(8)	Alan Knott	Eng	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1972	Lost
85	51	(8)	Guy Whittall	Zim	SA	Bloemfontein	Oct 1999	Lost
69	115	(8)	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	NZ	Ahmedabad	Nov 2010	Drawn
51	50	(9)	Peter Siddle	Aus	Ind	Delhi	Mar 2013	Lost
58	63*	(9)	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	Ind	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2014	Drawn
54*	58*	(8)	Wriddhiman Saha	Ind	NZ	Kolkata	Oct 2016	Won
57	60	(8)	Shardul Thakur	ind	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2021	Won

 

24 The number of Test matches Jasprit Bumrah needed to claim his 100 Test wicket when he claimed the wicket of England’s Ollie Pope in the second innings at The Oval. This makes him the quickest by an Indian pace bowler to claim 100 Test wickets in the fewest number of matches. Previously, Kapil Dev had achieved his landmark in his 25th Test at Kolkata against Pakistan (Taslim Arif) more than 41 years ago in January 1980. For the record, the quickest by an Indian bowler is held by R Ashwin when he claimed his 100 Test wicket in just 18 Test match in November 2013 against the West Indies in the Mumbai Test match.

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Quickest Indian pacer to claim 100 Test wickets in fewest Test matches

Tests to 100 wkts	Bowler	Against	Venue	Achieved on	(100 victim)
24	Jasprit Bumrah	England	The Oval	6 Sep 2021	(Ollie Pope)
25	Kapil Dev	Pakistan	Kolkata	31 Jan 1980	(Taslim Arif)
28	Irfan Pathan	Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 2008	(Brett Lee)
29	Mohd Shami	South Africa	Centurion	14 Jan 2018	(Keshav Maharaj)
30	Javagal Srinath	Sri Lanka	Mumbai WS	6 Dec 1997	(Pramodya Wickramasinghe)

 

191: India’s first innings total in the Oval Test match. This is now the third lowest total made by India in a successful away Test match. However, it is India’s second highest first innings total in a successful Test match.

India’s lowest totals in winning away from home Test matches

Total	MInns	Against	Venue	Month, Year	Result
171/10	3	West Indies	Kingston	Jun 2006	Won by 49 runs
187/10	1	South Africa	Johannesburg	Jan 2018	Won by 63 runs
191/10	1	England	The Oval	Aug 2021	Won by 157 runs
200/10	1	West Indies	Kingston	Jul 2006	Won by 49 runs

Note:In the above Kingston Test match India’s totals were 200 & 171 in each innings

6: The number of occasions India has managed to win a Test match despite conceding a huge first-innings lead of 90 or more runs to the opposition. India’s recent victory at The Oval by 157 runs came despite conceding a lead of 99 to England.

India’s Test victories after conceding a big lead in the first innings

Lead	Batting 1	Batting 2	Venue	Month, Year	Result for India
274	Australia (445)	India (171)	Kolkata	March 2001	won by 171 runs+
182	India (237)	Australia (419)	Melbourne	Feb 1981	won by 59 runs
131	West Indies (359)	India (228)	Port of Spain	April 1976	won by 6 wickets
99	India (104)	Australia (203)	Mumbai WS	Nov 2004	won by 13 runs
99	India (191)	England (290)	The Oval	Aug 2021	won by 157 runs
95	West Indies (304)	India (209)	Delhi	Nov 2011	won by 5 wickets

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All records are updated and correct as of 11 September 2021