Virat Kohli heaped praise foe James Anderson for his achievements and said that he has enjoyed the rivalry with the Englishman on this tour of England.

On Tuesday, Anderson picked up his 564th Test wicket to surpass Glenn McGrath and become the pacer with most number of wickets in Test history.

He was well on his way to doing so on day four of the Test match as he picked up two quick wickets during the fag end of the day and equalled McGrath in the process at 563 wickets. But the third wicket eluded him and it finally came when he clean bowled Mohammed Shami to win England the match and break the 11-year-old record.



With the wicket, Anderson now has 564 scalps in whites and is the fourth highest wicket-taker of all time in Test cricket. And, India's captain was all praise for his one-time nemesis, who however, failed to get him out even once in the five Test matches played in the series.

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"It has been fun. We haven't had any sort of arguments through the series. It has been nice and competitive. We have had a word here and there, it has been sarcastic...nothing too serious. As a cricketer after a stage, you want to be pushed, you want to be tested and guys like him test you all the time. He has been very relentless with his skills and that is why he stands at the top of the fast bowlers leaderboard and he deserves it totally.

James Anderson has failed to get Virat Kohli's wicket even once in the five-match Test series (Getty Images)

He bowls all types of deliveries, which is a massive asset to have. He deserves what he achieved today because he has worked hard for it and has been relentless and patient and he has challenged not only me but a lot of batsmen in world cricket especially in these conditions and hats off to what he has achieved," said Kohli at the post-match press conference.



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Reacting to his achievement after the match, an emotional Anderson said he was happy that he achieved the landmark in Alastair Cook's final Test match.

"Im happy Cookie was on the field to see that wicket. I am just happy to win the game, I wasn't thinking about it. When Pant and Rahul put on that partnership it looked like they may get close so my job was to hold an end up. I didn't think Id bowl 14 overs from that end. Thankfully Joe let me take the new ball eventually which gave me a chance to get that wicket," said Anderson.



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McGrath, whose record Anderson broke to become the pacer with most number of wickets in Test cricket, had earlier said that the Englishman is likely to hold the record for a long, long time.

Records are nice and I've been very proud to have taken more wickets than any fast bowler in Test history, but any high is there to be beaten and I will be equally proud of Jimmy when he goes past me because the fast bowlers' union has to stick together, whichever country we come from."



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"It is only a matter of time now before he gets there and I will be getting in touch with him as soon as he does to say well done. I have an awful lot of respect for Jimmy. Good luck to him. I believe once he goes past me he will never be beaten," McGrath told Sportsmail.