Comparison with Joe Root and Virat Kohli
Joe Root and Virat Kohli took 196 and 197 innings respectively to reach the feat. Former Indian captain Kohli recently completed his 9,000 runs in the Test match played against New Zealand in Bengaluru. On the contrary, Williamson's rapidly increasing popularity has put him in the list of cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and Younis Khan, who have achieved this feat early.
Top-4 active batsmen who scored fastest 9000 runs
Steve Smith (Australia) 174 innings
Kane Williamson (New Zealand) 182 innings
Joe Root England (196 innings)
Virat Kohli (India) 197 innings
Ishan Kishan rained fours and sixes in Wankhede, played a explosive inning of 77* runs in just 23 balls.
Even in average, ahead of Virat Kohli and Joe Root
Williamson's overall Test batting average is approaching 55, which is much better than the other members of the Fab Four. He is ahead of Joe Root (50.81) and Virat Kohli (48.13) and just behind Steve Smith (56.40).
Fastest player to score 9000 test runs
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 172
Steve Smith (Australia) 174
Rahul Dravid (India) 176
Brian Lara (West Indies) 177
Ricky Ponting (Australia) 177
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) 178
Sachin Tendulkar (India) 179
Kane Williamson (New Zealand) 182
Younis Khan (Pakistan) 184
Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 188
Sunil Gavaskar (India) 192
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