India stare at a heavy defeat against New Zealand in the first Test of the three-match bilateral series between the two teams at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday, October 19.

Virat Kohli became the fourth Indian to cross 9000 runs in Test cricket, scaling another peak in a glorious career during the third day of the opening match against New Zealand in Bengaluru.

As mentioned, Kohli has become the fourth Indian to complete 9,000 runs in the longest format. He is only behind Sachin Tendulkar (15,921), Rahul Dravid (13,265), and Sunil Gavaskar (10,122) in terms of Test runs among Indians. Only two other Indian batters have more than 8,000 runs in the format - VVS Laxman (8,781) and Virender Sehwag (8,503).