Batters with higher Test average than Virat Kohli among active players

Virat Kohli's average of 49.15 looks much better with an improved form after a couple of centuries last year and consistent performances thereafter. However, he is still behind a few of them who are still playing

England prodigy Harry Brook averages 62.15 in Test cricket and is just behind Sir Donald Bradman after playing 20 innings

Brook, who will miss the India series due to personal reasons, has scored 1181 runs in just 12 Test matches including four centuries and seven fifties

Steve Smith with just one half-century in the last four Test matches has seen his average slip below 60 even though he has still some of the greatest numbers for a Test batter

Steve Smith averages 57.80 scoring 9,537 runs in 189 innings in Test matches including 32 centuries and 40 fifties

Kane Williamson is the next on the list with an average of 54.36

A member of Fab 4, Kane Williamson has scored 8,263 runs in 168 innings including 29 centuries and 33 fifties

Daryl Mitchell, the new all-format star, is fourth on the list with an average of 53.77

Mitchell has 1,452 runs to his name in 31 innings scoring 5 centuries and 9 fifties

Another active player with an average in excess of 50 is Marnus Labuschagne, who recently went past the 4000-run mark in Test cricket

Marnus Labuschagne has 40007 runs to his name in 84 innings with 11 centuries and 19 fifties

Joe Root is the final active player on the list with a higher Test average than Virat Kohli

Root has scored 11,416 runs at an average of 50.29 including 30 centuries and 60 fifties in 247 innings