India’s star player Virat Kohli is celebrating his 36th birthday today. Virat Kohli was born on 5 February 1988. Kohli has made many records so far. Kohli’s bat has gone quiet again in recent days. Kohli did not play any Virat innings against New Zealand. Now even questions are being raised about staying in the team. However, when Kohli’s bat moves, the opponents are not well.
Records of Virat:
1. Under Virat Kohli’s captaincy, the Indian U-19 team won the 2008 World Cup. The tournament was played in Malaysia. After this spectacular performance, Kohli did not look back.
2. Virat Kohli is the second youngest cricketer to captain in the final of the Deodhar Trophy. He was 21 years and 124 days old when he led Northern Zone to the finals of the 2009-10 season. 5 years ago, Shubman Gill (20 years and 57 days) broke Virat’s record.
3. Virat Kohli is the first batsman to score 20,000 international runs in a decade. Virat achieved this feat during India’s tour of the West Indies in the year 2019.
4. Kohli is also the fastest batsman to complete 13000 ODI runs. Kohli achieved the feat in September 2023, when he scored an unbeaten 122 against Pakistan. To achieve this feat, he played 267 innings, while Sachin Tendulkar took 321 innings to reach 13,000 ODI runs.
5. Virat Kohli is the first batsman to score three consecutive centuries in ODIs against two teams. Kohli scored 133 *, 108 and 106 against Sri Lanka between February 2012 and July 2012. Then in 2018, he scored 140, 157 * and 107 against the West Indies.
6. After his stellar performance in 2018, Kohli was awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, ICC Test and ODI Player of the Year.
7. Kohli holds the record for scoring the most ODI runs in a calendar year as captain. The right-handed batsman scored 1460 runs in ODIs in 2017. During this time he batted at an average of more than 75 in 26 ODIs.
8. Cricket World Cup 2019: Became the first captain to score five consecutive half-centuries. He scored 82, 77, 67, 72 and 66 against Australia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, West Indies and England.
9. Virat Kohli is the first Test captain to score 1000 runs in three consecutive calendar years. Kohli scored 1215 runs in 2016, 1059 runs in 2017 and 1322 runs in 2018.
10. Virat Kohli scored the most double centuries as Test captain.
11. Virat Kohli holds the record for scoring the most runs in a season of IPL. In IPL 2016, he scored 973 runs.
12. Virat Kohli scored the fastest 3000 ODIs as captain.
13. Kohli has scored 11 centuries in a calendar year of international cricket. Sachin Tendulkar is ahead of him.
14. There is also a record of making the highest ODI score as an Indian captain in the West Indies.
15. 5 years ago, in the second ODI of the series against the West Indies, he scored 120 runs in 125 balls.
16. Kohli is the fastest captain to score 4000 Test runs.
17. Five of his eight ODI centuries against the Australian team have been scored in India.
18. Virat Kohli is the fastest cricketer to reach 30, 35 and 40 ODI centuries.
19. Kohli has scored 50 centuries in 295 ODIs so far. Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar scored 49 centuries in ODIs.
20. Virat Kohli is the first player to score three consecutive centuries as captain in ODIs.
21. Virat Kohli has a great record during runs of 350 or more in ODIs.
22. Virat Kohli dismissed former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen in a T20 International match in 2011.
23. Virat Kohli made his ODI World Cup debut in the year 2011. He scored a century in that match against Bangladesh.
24. Virat Kohli is the first Indian to score a century against Pakistan in the World Cup. He scored 107 runs in 126 balls against Pakistan in the Cricket World Cup 2015.
25. Virat Kohli is the first batsman to score 500 runs in a bilateral ODI series.
26. In February 2018, he scored 558 runs in 6 matches against South Africa.
27. Kohli scored four centuries for RCB in IPL 2016. Jos Buttler, on the other hand, scored four centuries for Rajasthan Royals (RR) in IPL 2022.
28. During the 2019 Test series against South Africa, Virat Kohli became the Indian captain who followed on the most times.
29. Virat Kohli has the highest 150+ scores in Tests as captain.
30. Kohli has so far scored 7 double centuries in 118 Tests.
31. Virat Kohli is the fastest batsman to score 8000, 9000, 10000, 11000, 12000 and 13000 runs in ODIs.
32. Virat Kohli is the only batsman in the history of Test cricket to score four double centuries in four consecutive series.
33. Virat Kohli scored 1292 runs in 35 matches in the T20 World Cup.
34. Virat Kohli has won the ‘Player of the Series’ award 21 times in international cricket.
35. Kohli scored 765 runs in the 2023 World Cup. He broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record. Sachin scored 673 runs in the 2003 World Cup.
36. Kohli has scored 8004 runs in 252 IPL matches so far, including 8 centuries and 55 half-centuries.