In a day, which saw high drama with Dean Elgar getting hit, and the day's play got called off, Virat Kohli did what he does the best. Break another record!
Enroute his hard-fought 41, which was instrumental in getting India to a respectable 247 in their second innings, Virat Kohli also surpassed MS Dhoni as most runs scored as captain of the Indian team. With Kohli scoring 3456 runs, he went past MS Dhoni who had scored 3454 runs as captain. Kohli took just 35 tests to went past MS Dhoni's record who took 60 tests to score 3454.
At number 3 is Gavaskar who scored 3449 of 47 tests.
The fourth and fifth place are occupied by Mohd Azharuddin with 2856 runs and Sourav Ganguly with 2541 runs. Azhar played 47 test matches as captain and Sourav Ganguly 49 test matches as Indian skipper.
Interestingly, in just 35 matches, Kohli has scored 14 tons, which is also a record among Indian skippers.
Indian batsmen were not afraid to take blows on their bodies on a difficult Wanderers pitch, offering dangerous bounce, even as match officials called off third day's play when South Africa batted in similar conditions later, on Day 3. South Africa opener Deal Elgar was hit on the grill of his helmet by a Mohammed Shami delivery in the ninth over of the hosts second innings, prompting umpires to halt play.
The physio rushed to the pitch and Elgar was seen placing an ice-pack on his forehand.
South Africa opener Deal Elgar was hit on the grill of his helmet by a Mohammed Shami delivery in the ninth over of the hosts second innings, prompting umpires to halt play. The physio rushed to the pitch and Elgar was seen placing an ice-pack on his forehand. Umpires Ian Gould and Aleem Dar began discussion and soon match referee Andy Pycroft joined them on the ground.
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