Virat Kohli is renowned as one of the greatest batsmen of the contemporary cricketing epoch. He has surpassed all expectations when it comes to accumulating runs, surpassing batting records in a short amount of time. Even as a captain, he has been able to maintain his extraordinary batting form, creating records of his own. He is always looking to help India win and his persistent, strong-willed attitude has enabled India to triumph in foreign tours.
Many cricketing legends have praised him and predicted that he will break many long standing cricket records. Let’s take a look at the 10 cricketing records already attained by Virat Kohli:
#1
The 30-year-old is the first batsman to score three consecutive centuries against Sri Lanka and the West Indies.
#2
In only 10 years and 68 days, he managed to accumulate 10000 ODI runs, the quickest of any batsman. Until then, the record was held by Rahul Dravid, who had attained 10000 ODI runs in 10 years and 317 days.
#3
Kohli is the quickest cricketer to accumulate 10000 runs in ODI cricket, having achieved the feat in only 205 innings, shattering Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 259 innings.
#4
He is the fastest cricketer to score 4,000 runs as a skipper in Tests, having done so in only 65 appearances. The previous record was held by Brian Lara, who had accomplished this feat in 71 attempts.
#5
Kohli is the first skipper to score 200 or more runs in two innings of a Test match on ten separate occasions.
#6
He has been a part of the most partnerships of two hundred runs with a single batting partner, having four of them with Rohit Sharma.
#7
He is the only batsman to have achieved the feat of scoring more than 300 runs in a bilateral ODI series on six different occasions.
#8
He has the highest number of centuries (23) when batting in the second innings of an ODI.
#9
Kohli is the first batsman to achieve consecutive double centuries in two successive years.
#10
The right-handed batsman is the first to achieve four double-centuries in consecutive Test series.