Virat Kohli, the name says it all! Yes, the swashbuckling batsman from Delhi is now among the list of greatest batsmen of all times. Well, He is ruthless, merciless and aggressive and has created fear in the hearts of the bowlers by smashing many records as a batsman also as a captain.
#viratkohli, Ready World record History. #TEST #ODI #T20? pic.twitter.com/iAVcQAeSNS
— AB de Villiers 17 (@Nithiya28993646) June 22, 2018
With 35 centuries in One Day Internationals, 21 tons in Test cricket. Over the years, the right-handed batsman has attained a status of heroism among his fans.
Here’s, let’s check out some unknown facts about Indian skipper Virat Kohli which unknown and astonishing:
1. Virat Kohli is now the fastest player to reach 9,000 runs as he has achieved the feat in 194 innings. Also, he overtook AB de Villiers who reached the mark in 205 innings. Indeed, Everything in the world is temporary except Kohli’s form.
Fastest to reach 9,000 ODI runs; a century: It's Kohli's day at Kanpur https://t.co/FMhrfMDdqn@imVkohli pic.twitter.com/JfPR0OBgQx
— Business Standard (@bsindia) October 29, 2017
2. In 2016, Kohli was the only batsman in the history of world cricket to have an average of over 50 in all the 3 formats. Well, that’s quite fantastic, isn’t it?
Incredible Virat Kohli's Test statistics
Matches – 66
Runs – 5,554
100s – 21
50s – 16
Average – 53.40ODI
Matches – 208
Runs – 9,588
100s – 35
50s – 46
Average – 58.10T20Is
Matches – 57
Runs – 1,983
50s – 18
H/S – 90*
Average – 50.84— Ed Rainsford (@ed_rainsford) May 3, 2018
3. In 2017, he scored 1460 runs and surpassed former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting’s 1424 runs in 2007 to register the record of becoming the only captain to score the most ODI runs in a year.
Virat Kohli broke Ricky Ponting record for the most ODI runs in a year as a captain! 1460 runs #Cricket pic.twitter.com/SFNrpa0sJW
— #CrickeTweets!? (@asadjaved609) October 30, 2017
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4. Take A Bow! Kohli is now the fastest to score 1000 runs in T20 Matches, which is 5 knocks less than English batsmen Kevin Pieterson.
#PowerUp @imVkohli ? this guy Virat kohli fastest 1000 Runs in T20 only 27 inning✌✌✌
— ?एकलव्य ÃñDy™G (@Bhojak_AnDy) March 6, 2016
5. Virat has become a phenomenon as he is currently the 1st batsman to score 3 double tons in 2 consecutive years in Test cricket.
Virat Kohli's Test Double Century:
First Four Years: None
2016: three 200s
2017: three 200s
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I've lost count of the number of centuries he's scored this year, and double tons in his career. Could we be seeing his first 300 today I wonder. pic.twitter.com/hu3TS7KGa8— MD ISMAIL ALI (@mdismail_18) December 3, 2017
6. Well, we must salute Kohli, as he became the first captain in One Day Internationals to smash 6 ODI centuries in a calendar year. Also, he is now the 1st batsman to score 3 double tons in 2 consecutive years in Test matches.
Most ODI centuries this year:
– Rohit Sharma … 6
– Virat Kohli … 6
– Babar Azam .. 4— Cricingif (@_cricingif) December 13, 2017
7. At such a young age of 29, Kohli scored 6 double hundred tons overtook the record of 5 double centuries by the legendary batsman, Brian Lara which is the most by any captain.
6th test double hundred for @imVkohli .3rd in 2017,2nd in the series,2nd vs SL.Only captain to score 6 double tons.Equals Indian record of 6 with Sachin and Sehwag #INDvSL
— Aditya (@CAA_256) December 3, 2017
8. Kohli has the most number of centuries(13) as an Indian captain which is much more than Sourav Ganguly’s(11). Well, it is interesting to see him compete with the former Indian captain .
Most overseas centuries by Indian captains in international cricket:
13 – VIRAT KOHLI*
12 – Sourav Ganguly
8 – Mohammed Azharuddin
7 – Sachin Tendulkar #INDvSA— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) January 15, 2018
9. Further, he has the highest number of ODI tons 34 after Cricket God Sachin Tendulkar’s 49. The last he scored was against South Africa in Centurion.
Just another day in the office for Virat Kohli. Hundred #34 in ODIs. He had zero tons in South Africa before this series, now has 2 in 3. #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/yOBwCERqWd
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) February 7, 2018
10. Kohli has scored over 300 runs in a bilateral One Day International series on 6 occasions. Rahul Dravid, Quinton De Kock, and Rohit Sharma have scored it almost 4 times each.
300+ runs Most Times in a bilateral ODI series:
VIRAT KOHLI – 6 times
Rahul Dravid – 4 times
Q de Kock- 4 times
Rohit Sharma- 4 times#SAvIND #INDvSA— Santosh kumarYadav? (@sky0771994gmail) February 7, 2018
