SA vs IND: Virat Kohli set to change into sixth Indian batsman to 8000 Test runs, Rishabh Pant eyes MS Dhoni’s document

Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant are nearing main milestones in Test cricket and shall be seen in motion quickly when India tackle South Africa in a 3-matches sequence from December 26. Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant will each be key in India’s batting lineup throughout the South Africa Test sequence (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSVirat Kohli is 199 away from amassing 8000 runs in Test cricketKohli would be the sixth Indian after Tendulkar, Dravid, Gavaskar, Laxman and Sehwag to enter the 8k membershipRishabh Pant is in line to interrupt MS Dhoni’s IND document for quickest wicketkeeper to 100 Test dismissalsIndia captain Virat Kohli and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant are on the verge of reaching main milestones in Test cricket, forward of their three-match sequence in opposition to South Africa beginning December 26 in Centurion.

Kohli is 199 runs away from finishing 8000 runs in Test cricket. The 33-year-old will change into the sixth Indian batsman to attain the feat each time he will get to the landmark throughout the three Tests in opposition to the Proteas.Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavaskar, VVS Laxman and Virender Sehwag are the primary 5 Indians to achieve 8000 Test runs.Kohli, who hasn’t scored a global hundred in over 2 years, might change into the third quickest Indian to get there after Tendulkar (154 innings), Dravid (158 innings) and Sehwag (160 innings) if he one way or the other manages to attain 199 within the first innings of the Boxing Day Test on the SuperSport Park.Overall, Kohli would be the thirty third batsman to amass 8000 profession runs in Test cricket.Kohli has up to now performed 97 Tests and scored 7801 runs at a median of fifty.65. He is tied in seventeenth place on the checklist of most lots of (27) within the format together with Steve Smith, Allan Border and Graeme Smith.Meanwhile, one other Indian participant is on the verge of attaining a significant document throughout the South Africa sequence in Rishabh Pant, who’s nearing 100 dismissals in Test cricket.Pant in reality, might break former captain MS Dhoni’s document for the quickest Indian wicketkeeper to 100 Test dismissals. Dhoni had achieved the feat in 36 Tests and Pant wants 3 extra dismissals to shatter his mentor’s document.Dhoni leads the Indian tally with 294 dismissals forward of Syed Kirmani (198), Kiran More (130), Nayan Mongia (107) and Wriddhiman Saha (104).Pant at present has 97 dismissals from 25 Tests and can change into the sixth Indian wicketkeeper to get to the landmark and shall be joint-fifth quickest total, if he achieves the feat within the series-opener vs South Africa.Click right here for IndiaRight this moment.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.