Virat Kohli – the man who has left the journalists on a hunt of more adjectives that can describe his talent that only seems to be increasing with every game. He is statisticians’ favourite subject but at times, he can be their worst nightmare as well; especially on the days when he breaks a record after another in a single match.
Virat Kohli – the man who has left the journalists on a hunt of more adjectives that can describe his talent that only seems to be increasing with every game. He is statisticians’ favourite subject but at times, he can be their worst nightmare as well; especially on the days when he breaks a record after another in a single match.
For other cricketers, he is an inspiration and for his fans, his game is a pure joy to watch.
Kohli made his debut as a 19-year-old but today, when he has entered the big club of 30, he has well made a mark for himself as a class batsman at home and overseas as well.
Having played 73 Tests, Kohli already has notched up 6,331 runs at an average of 54.57 and has scored 24 centuries. Meanwhile, in the shorter formats, from 216 ODIs, Kohli has 10,232 runs including 38 tons at an average of 59.83 and has played 62 T20Is, he has scored 2,102 runs at an average of 48.88.
Even the pressure of captaincy could not shake his confidence and form and Kohli has been setting an example with the bat as he has been leading from the front across the formats for Team India. As the Indian skipper enters the big 30, we take a look at 30 records he holds right now:
►In the recently ended five-ODI series against West Indies, Kohli had scores of 107, 157* and 140 in the first three matches and he became the first Indian batsman to score three consecutive ODI tons.
►Kohli scored a hundred against the BlackCaps in October 2017 at Kanpur. That game was India’s last ODI at home before the West Indies series. By scoring hundreds in the first three matches against the Windies, Kohli went past Pakistan’s Zaheer Abbas to become the only player in the world to score four centuries in consecutive home ODIs.
►Kohli holds the record for most runs by a captain after 56 One Day Internationals. He is nearly 800 runs ahead of his good friend and former South African cricketer AB de Villiers.
►Earlier this year, India toured South Africa where they won the six-match ODI series 5-1. After scoring 558 runs in six ODIs, Kohli became the first-ever batsman to score 500-plus runs in a bilateral ODI series. He also registered the record for most runs in a bilateral ODI series.
►When Kohli crossed 1,000 ODI runs in 2018, it was for the second year on the trot he had done so. This year, he bettered his own record of fewest innings to 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year after taking just 11 innings in 2018.
►Kohli, as captain, has two scores of 150 or more in the 50-over format. By doing so, he became the first Indian captain and overall second to achieve this feat.
►Kohli also holds the records for fewest innings to 8,000 ODI runs (175 innings), 9,000 ODI runs (194 innings) and 10,000 ODI runs (205 innings).
►Kohli holds the record for most runs by an ODI captain in a year – 1,460 runs in 2017.
►Before turning 30, Kohli scored a total of 38 ODI tons – the most by any cricketer at this age.
►The ‘King of run-chases’ or Kohli has scored 23 tons while chasing in the ODIs and no other batsman has more than him during a run-chase.
►Kohli has won five consecutive ODI series at home and he was the first Indian captain to achieve that.
►Kohli surpassed ‘The Wall’ Rahul Dravid to become the Indian batsman with most runs in an international cricket season.
►A total of 82 batsmen have scored over 10,000 runs across formats in international cricket and out of them, only Kohli has averaged above 50 (56.56).
►In December 2017, when Kohli struck his fourth double century in Test cricket, he had surpassed West Indian legend Brian Lara for the most double centuries scored by a Test captain.
►Kohli, who became India’s full-time Test captain towards the end of 2014, now has 4,233 runs in 42 Tests as skipper. He holds the record for most runs by an Indian captain in Test cricket.
►The Indian skipper also holds the record for most 100s by an Indian captain in Test cricket, with 17 centuries in 42 Tests as captain at an average of 65.12.
►Out of the five highest scores by an Indian captain in Test cricket, three belong to Kohli. This includes a 243 against Sri Lanka in 2017 – the highest score by an Indian captain in Test cricket.
►In the list of most runs by an Indian Test captain in a calendar year, Kohli has made an entry three years running – 2016, 2017 and 2018.
►The Indian captain with most runs in Test series in South Africa is also Kohli. He scored 286 in three Tests during India’s tour of South Africa 2018.
►Kohli also has the most runs by an Indian captain in Test series in England – 593 runs in 5 matches
►Surpassing the likes of Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar, Kohli set the record for most runs by an Indian batsman in the Test series in Australia in 2014.
►Kohli is the only player to score a century in his first three Test innings as captain.
►Kohli is the only batsman to hit double centuries in four consecutive Test series.
►Kohli scored an unbelievable 973 runs in 16 matches during the ninth edition of the IPL – the most runs scored by a player in a T20 competition.
►Kohli holds the record of most T20I run scored in a calendar year – 641 runs in 15 T20Is in 2016.
►He is the only captain to score four hundreds in T20 cricket in a calendar year; all four centuries were scored in IPL 2016.
►With 2,447 runs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, home to his RCB, Kohli holds the record for most runs scored in T20s in a ground.
►He took the fewest innings to cross the 2,000 run- (56 innings) mark in T20Is.
►With 2,102 runs in 62 matches, Kohli holds the record for most runs for India in T20Is.
►Kohli has won the most Player of the Match awards for India in T20Is – 10 awards in 62 matches. With one more award, he will match Shahid Afridi’s record for most MoM awards in the shortest format.
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