Virat Kohli: An establishment, a demigod and record-manufacturing machine

Former Indian captain Virat Kohli turned 34 years outdated on Saturday, November 5. The right-handed batter is collaborating within the T20 World Cup 2022 on Australian soil.

Virat Kohli is without doubt one of the modern-day greats throughout all codecs. (AP Photo)

By Sabyasachi Chowdhury: It’s been almost 16 years since a younger and dynamic Virat Kohli lifted the U19 World Cup Trophy in Kuala Lumpur after beating Wayne Parnell’s South Africa within the ultimate. Back then, aside from his batting, Kohli launched himself as a ‘right-arm quick bowler’.

Even as he didn’t fairly advance within the pace-bowling division, with regards to batting, he is without doubt one of the modern-day greats throughout all codecs. Kohli is presently the sixth-highest run-scorer in worldwide cricket after Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara, Ricky Ponting, Mahela Jayawardene and Jacques Kallis.

After he didn’t rating a single hundred since November 2019, Kohli appeared to have gone down the barrel. However, the right-hander has discovered his mojo and is once more again to his best, no less than in limited-overs cricket.

On Saturday, November 5, Kohli is ready to show 34 years outdated and conserving in thoughts his kind and health, he has fairly a major quantity of cricket left in him.

Let’s now take a look at a couple of of the information that Virat Kohli holds in his illustrious profession:

5 – Virat Kohli is the quickest to 8000 (175 innings), 9000 (194 innings), 10000 (205 innings), 11000 (222 innings) and 12000 (242 innings) runs in ODIs.

1 – Virat Kohli is the joint-fastest to 3000 T20I runs (81 innings). Recently, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam equalled his feat throughout a T20I collection towards England.

1- Virat Kohli is the main run-scorer in T20 World Cups, having notched 1065 runs from 25 matches at a median of 88.75 with 13 50+ scores.

9 – Virat Kohli has scored probably the most lots of by a batter in ODIs towards one group. He has 9 centuries to his identify towards the West Indies. Sachin Tendulkar is stage with 9 centuries towards Australia

7 – Virat Kohli has received the best variety of ‘Player of the Series’ awards in T20Is. Babar Azam is second within the listing with 5.

16 – Virat Kohli has received the best variety of Player of the Match awards in T20Is. Former Afghanistan skipper Mohammad Nabi is second within the listing with 15.

1- Virat Kohli has the best T20I batting common of 53.13. New Zealand’s Devon Conway is 2nd within the listing with a median of fifty.71

1- Virat Kohli is presently the main run-scorer in T20Is, having scored 3932 runs from 113 matches since his debut again in 2010.

37- Virat Kohli probably the most 50 plus scores in T20Is. Current Indian captain Rohit Sharma is second within the listing with 33.

1- Virat Kohli holds the document of most runs in a single T20 World Cup version. Back in 2014, he scored 319 runs from six matches at a median of 106.33.

122* – Virat Kohli holds the document for the best particular person rating by an Indian batter in T20Is. He achieved the feat throughout India’s Super Four match towards Afghanistan in Asia Cup 2022.

1621 – Virat Kohli has scored probably the most T20I runs in profitable run-chases. Australia’s David Warner is behind him with 1220 runs.

22- Virat Kohli has scored the best variety of lots of in profitable run-chases in ODIs since his debut method again in 2008.

7 – Virat Kohli is the Indian with the best variety of double lots of in Tests. Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar are collectively positioned second within the listing with 6 double tons.

1 – Back in 2018-19, Virat Kohli turned the first Indian captain to win a Test collection in Australia. India received the four-match collection 2-1.

1 – Virat Kohli holds the document for the quickest ODI hundred by an Indian off 50 balls towards Australia at Jaipur in 2013.

*All the stats have been taken, pertaining to numbers, till Friday, November 4, 2022.

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Nov 5, 2022