Virat Kohli will play for India in the second Test against Bangladesh, scheduled to be played at Green Park in Kanpur, beginning on Friday (September 27). He will definitely look to bounce back from disastrous scores of 6 and 17 runs in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chennai. He can write history of being the fastest to reach 27,000 runs in international cricket in this game. The 35-year-old has 26,965 runs coming from 534 matches and needs 35 more runs to hit this mark. Only three players: Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara, and Ricky Ponting, have scored more than 27,000 runs in international cricket. Highest Runs in International Cricket Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 34,357 Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) – 28,016 Ricky Ponting (Australia) – 27,483 Virat Kohli (India) – 26,965 Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) – 25,957 Kohli will become the fourth Indian Test player to score massive 9000 runs in Test cricket. Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, and Sunil Gavaskar are the other three who have gained this milestone in the game. Kohli now has 8,871 runs in 114 Tests, and by adding 129 more runs, he will able to achieve this mark of 9,000 runs. Also Read | Rishabh Pant Responds to the Fake News About Rift with Virat Kohli and Rejection by RCB Tendulkar is the highest run scorer for India in Tests. He played 200 matches and scored 15,921 runs in a 24-year long career. Dravid ended with 13,265 runs in 163 games, while Gavaskar scored 10,122 runs in 125 games. Gavaskar was the first man to get 10,000 runs in the Test match across the globe. Most Runs in Tests for India Sachin Tendulkar – 15,921 Rahul Dravid – 13,265 Sunil Gavaskar – 10,122 Virat Kohli – 8871 VVS Laxman – 8781 Virat Kohli has 29 Test cricket centuries. If he scores another hundred in the second Test against Bangladesh, he will join Tendulkar and Ponting in being the third cricketer in the world with at least 30 centuries each in both in Tests and ODI format. The Indian team is already leading the series 1-0 after defeating Bangladesh by 280 runs in the first Test played in Chennai. The second Test will be played on Friday. India also tops the points table of the World Test Championship (WTC). While Australia is in the second position.