Hyderabad: Indian skipper and top batsman Virat Kohli turned 31 on Tuesday (November 5). Hailing from Delhi, the right-handed batsman is regarded as one of the best cricketers in the world. Kohli has constantly been ranked as one of the most influential people in the world, as well as one of the world's most famous athletes.
Kohli, who made his India debut on August 18, 2008, has been often termed as 'run machine' who has born to break records.
As he celebrates his birthday, let us look at some of Kohli's top records and achievements to date:
Kohli's records as a batsman:
- Virat Kohli has scored his fastest century in just 52 balls against Australia in 2013. It is the fastest century by any Indian cricketer in ODIs.
- The 31-year-old has the most number of double centuries (7) in Tests among Indian batsmen.
- Kohli is the fastest batsman to complete 1000, 8000, 9000 and 10,000 runs in ODI cricket.
- Kohli is the fastest Indian to score 5000, 6000, 7000 runs in ODI cricket.
- He is the fastest batsman to score 1000 runs in international T20 cricket.
- Virat Kohli is the first batsman to score 20,000 international runs in a decade.
- Kohli is the only cricketer to bag all the ICC annual individual awards in one year. Following his outstanding performance in 2018, Kohli was awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, ICC Test and the ODI Player of the Year.
- He is the only Indian to average 50 in T20Is. Further, he is the only batsman, in the history of cricket, to have 50+ average across formats (Tests: 54.78 and ODI: 60.31).File image of Virat Kohli
- Kohli went past Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar for the most double hundreds in Test cricket by an Indian. Kohli now has 7 double centuries in 81 Tests.
- In the ICC ODI rankings, Virat Kohli is the only Indian batsman who has managed to go past the mark of 890 points. Tendulkar held the previous record of 887 in 1998.
- Kohli is also the second India batsman after Sunil Gavaskar to breach the 900-point mark in the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen.
Kohli's records as captain:
- Virat Kohli-led U-19 side won the World Cup in 2008.
- Kohli is the second youngest cricketer to lead a side in Deodhar Trophy finals.
- Kohli has the most number of runs scored in a calendar year as a captain. In 2017, the right-handed batsman amassed 1460 runs, while batting at an average of 75-plus in 26 ODIs.
- He has the most doubles hundreds (7) as the Test skipper.
- Kohli is the most successful Indian Test captain, having registered the most wins (31).
- He also has the most overseas wins as India's Test skipper (13).
- Kohli eclipsed Don Bradman (8) in terms of scoring the most number of 150-plus scores in Tests, as a captain (9).
- Kohli is now the most successful Indian ODI captain with a success rate is 75.89% bettering MS Dhoni.
Here is the list of some of the accolades Kohli has won in his prolific career so far:
- Arjuna Award: 2013
- Padma Shri: 2017
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: 2018
- ICC ODI Player of the Year: 2012, 2017, 2018
- ICC Test Player of the Year: 2018
- Polly Umrigar Award: 2011-12, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
- Wisden Leading World Cricketer: 2016, 2017, 2018
- International Cricketer of the Year: 2011-12, 2013-14, 2018-19
