Kohli fastest to 5,000 Test runs as captain

Kolkata : Virat Kohli on Friday became the fastest to 5,000 runs as captain, completing the feat in 86 innings during day one of the Day/Night Test between India and Bangladesh here.

As captain, Kohli was also the quickest to 4,000 Tests runs (65 innings). He is the sixth captain to reach the 5,000-run mark.

Australian great Ricky Ponting had taken 97 innings to complete 5,000 runs as captain, ahead of West Indian legend Clive Lloyd (106 innings), South African Graeme Smith (110), Australian Allan Border (116) and New Zealand's Stephen Fleming (130).