Path to Test Glory: Virat Kohli reaches two major milestones last achieved by Rahul Dravid

Indian Test skipper, Virat Kohli's magnificent year with the bat got even better as he went past 1000-run mark in Tests in the year 2016 and also became the 14th Indian to score 4000 runs in white clothing.

1000 Test runs in 2016 for #TeamIndia skipper @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/rkCcXXZXRR

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 10, 2016

Congratulations skipper @imVkohli - 4000 Test runs pic.twitter.com/DMDnjnoytF

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 10, 2016

What made Kohli's achievement even more noteworthy is the fatc that after Rahul Dravid, who scored more than 1000 runs in 2011, none of the other Indians have been able to repeat that feat. So basically, the poster boy of Indian cricket ended a barren run which lasted for five long years.

Also he is only the fourth Indian captain to score 1000 runs in a calendar year and here too Dravid was the last one who scored 1000 runs while being the skipper of India in 2006.

Indian captains with 1000 Test runs in a calendar year:
S Gavaskar in 1979
S Tendulkar in 1997
R Dravid in 2006
VIRAT KOHLI in 2016#INDvENG

— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) December 10, 2016

The right-hander also became the sixth fastest Indian (in terms of innings taken) to score 4000 runs in Tests.

Fastest Indian batsmen to 4000 Test runs:
Sehwag - 79 innings
Gavaskar - 81
Dravid - 84
Tendulkar - 86
Azhar - 88
Kohli - 89 #INDvENG

— ESPN India (@ESPNIndia) December 10, 2016

Kohli is already the highest run-getter of 2016 if all the three international formats are taken into account and this feat is just another feather in the hat of the courageous leader of a young pack.