New Delhi: The T20 World Cup 2022 is being played in Australia. Former Indian captain Virat Kohli’s bat is running well in this tournament. Virat Kohli has crossed the fifty-run mark 3 times in 4 innings so far.
On Sunday, Team India will take the field against Zimbabwe. By winning this match, the Indian team would like to secure its place in the semi-finals. At the same time, before this match, Virat Kohli is celebrating his 34th birthday today. So let’s take a look at 10 big records of the former Indian captain’s career.
1- Virat Kohli has scored 7 double centuries as Test captain. This is the highest by any captain in Test cricket. Earlier, this record was in the name of West Indies’ Brian Lara, he scored 5 double centuries as captain.
2- Virat Kohli is the fastest player to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket. The former Indian captain did this feat in 205 innings. In this case, he left Behind Sachin Tendulkar. The master blaster touched the figure of 10 thousand runs in 259 innings.
3- Virat Kohli crossed the 10 thousand runs mark in international career after 10 years and 68 days of debut. In this way, he became the fastest batsman to do so in international cricket. In this case, Virat Kohli left behind Rahul Dravid. Rahul Dravid did it in 10 years and 317 days.
4- The former Indian captain touched the figure of 1,000 ODI runs in just 11 innings in the year 2010. This is the fastest 1,000 runs in a calendar year. He left behind South Africa’s Hashim Amla in this case.
5- Virat Kohli is the only player to average more than 50 in all three formats. Also, he has scored more than 20 thousand runs in international cricket so far.
6- In the year 2017 as captain, Virat Kohli scored 1460 runs in ODI cricket. This is the highest number of runs in a year as captain. Earlier this record was in the name of Ricky Ponting. The former Australian captain scored 1427 runs in 2007.
7- Virat Kohli is the first captain to score six ODI centuries as captain in a year. He did this feat in the year 2017 and 2018.
8- Virat Kohli’s winning percentage as captain in ODIs is 75.89 percent. It’s more than any Indian captain.
9.Apart from this, Virat Kohli is the first batsman to score three consecutive ODI centuries. He did this feat in the year 2018.
10- Virat Kohli has scored 5,872 runs in the IPL so far. In this way, he is the highest run-scorer in the Indian Premier League (IPL).