Virat Kohli Record List in All Formats

Virat Kohli, the former Indian captain, needs no introduction. He’s the cricketer who excites our entire nation every time he steps onto the field.

If you’re a fan, this article will spark your interest in the records he has achieved throughout his career.

Virat Kohli Record List in All Formats

The Beginning

Not many people know exactly what they want to do when they’re young, but Virat Kohli was different. He showed an interest in cricket as early as three years old. In 1998, when he was nine, his father, Prem Kohli, enrolled him in the West Delhi Cricket Academy.

Just two weeks into his training, his coach, Raj Kumar Sharma, noticed Kohli’s exceptional talent. At the same time, Kohli began playing matches at the Sumeet Dogra Academy in Delhi.

In 2002-2003, Raj Kumar Sharma invited Ashish Nehra to watch a Polly Umrigar Trophy match, which further inspired Kohli. Before becoming one of the greatest run-scorers, Kohli played for Delhi’s Under-15 team.

He got his first taste of real success when he was chosen as the captain of India’s U-19 World Cup team. He led the team to victory, lifting the 2008 Under-19 World Cup. Now, in his 15th year of international cricket, Kohli is the second-highest century-maker in the history of the game.

Virat Kohli Records

T20’s

• Virat Kohli captained India in 17 T20I series, winning 12 and losing only two.
• He was the first Indian cricketer to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket.
• He is the first batter in IPL history to reach 5,000, 6,000, and 7,000 runs.

Test Matches

• Virat Kohli holds the record for the highest ICC rating points (922) in the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen.
• As a captain, Kohli scored seven double centuries in Test matches, surpassing Brian Lara, who had five as a Test captain.
• Kohli has the most 150+ scores in Test matches as a captain (9 times).
• Under Kohli’s captaincy, India defeated New Zealand by 372 runs in the second Test of the 2021 series, the biggest win by runs in Indian Test history.
• Kohli became the first Indian captain to win two Boxing Day Tests: against Australia in Melbourne (2018) and against South Africa in Centurion (2021).
• Kohli’s batting record as a Test captain includes 113 innings, 5,864 runs, a 54.80 average, 20 hundreds, and 18 fifties.
• On March 11, 2023, in the 4th Test of BGT 2023, Kohli surpassed Brian Lara to become the second-highest run-scorer against Australia in international cricket, behind only Sachin Tendulkar.

ODI

• Virat Kohli is the only Indian batsman with an ICC ODI rating of 890 points. Sachin Tendulkar had the previous highest rating of 887 in 1998.
• He is the first Indian cricketer to score three consecutive ODI centuries.
• Kohli is the fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 10, 15, 20, and 25 centuries in ODIs.
• On December 10, 2022, Kohli scored his 72nd century in the 3rd ODI against Bangladesh, surpassing Ricky Ponting’s record of 71 centuries.
• He is the fastest Indian to reach 5,000, 6,000, and 7,000 runs in ODIs.
• Kohli is the fastest player in the world to reach 8,000, 9,000, 10,000, 11,000, 12,000, and 13,000 ODI runs.
• Rahul Dravid reached 10,000 ODI runs after playing for 10 years and 317 days, while Kohli did it in just 10 years and 67 days.
• Kohli became the fastest batter to reach 13,000 ODI runs, achieving the milestone in 267 innings, beating Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 321 innings.

Overview

• Virat Kohli is the first player in history to achieve 50 wins in all three formats of cricket.
• He has played over 500 matches across all formats, making him the 4th Indian and 10th international player to reach this milestone.
• Kohli is the fastest player in the world to reach 15,000 international runs.
• He is also the fastest batter in international cricket history to score 17,000 runs, doing so in just 363 innings.
• After his strong performances in the Asia Cup 2022 and ICC T20 World Cup 2022, Kohli was named the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for October.
• Kohli is the only player in history to score three centuries in a row against two different opponents (West Indies in ODIs and Sri Lanka in Tests) in two different formats.
• He reached 22,000 international runs in just 462 innings, beating Sachin Tendulkar, who took 493 innings to reach the same mark.
• Kohli has scored 23,000 runs with an average over 50 in 490 international appearances, making him the only player to score 20,000 runs with a 50+ average.
• He is also the fastest to reach 25,000 international runs, achieving this in 549 innings.
• Out of his 77 international hundreds, 29 were in Test matches, 47 in ODIs, and one in T20Is.

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Most Runs in a Single IPL Season

Kohli scored 973 runs in the ninth season of the IPL, helping his team reach the finals. He also hit four centuries that season, which is the most by any player in a single IPL season.

Most Double Centuries by an Indian in Test Cricket

In 2019, Kohli broke the record for the most double centuries by an Indian in Test cricket, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. Kohli has scored seven double centuries, while Sachin and Sehwag each have six.

Awards

National Awards:

Arjuna Award (2013)
Padma Shri (2017)
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna (2018)

Cricket Awards:

Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year): 2017 and 2018
ICC One Day International Player of the Year: 2012, 2017, and 2018
ICC Test Team of the Year: 2017 (Captain), 2018 (Captain), and 2019 (Captain)
ICC One Day International Team of the Year: 2012, 2014, 2016 (Captain), 2017 (Captain), 2018 (Captain), and 2019 (Captain)
ICC T20I Team of the Year: 2022
Sir Garfield Sobers Award (ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Decade 2011-2020)
ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade 2011-2020