After more than 1 year of T20 retirement, Virat Kohli becomes 1st Indian player to
Published - 16 Jul 2025, 06:07 PM | Updated - 16 Jul 2025, 06:08 PM
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Team India batter Virat Kohli has become the first cricketer in history to cross the 900-point mark in ICC rankings across all three formats of the game in international cricket. The International Cricket Council (ICC) revised Kohli’s career-best T20I rating from 897 to 909, a year after he retired from the shortest format.
Virat Kohli retired from Test and T20I cricket. He announced his T20I retirement after India won the ICC T20 World Cup in June 2024. Before the start of India’s tour of England, the veteran batter also confirmed his exit from Test cricket. Kohli is now only available for selection in One-Day Internationals.
Virat Kohli Becomes First Cricketer to Cross 900+ ICC Rating Points in All Three Formats
Virat Kohli recently became a trending topic online after his T20I rating was unexpectedly revised from 897 to 909 by the ICC. Kohli hasn’t played a T20I match for the Men in Blue in over a year. This update in rankings has surprised many fans.
However, this is part of the ICC’s routine revision process, where they reassess past match data and adjust player ratings accordingly. It can lead to an increase or decrease in a player's career-best ratings based on reassessed data and updated methodologies.
Kohli’s revised T20I rating likely came after one such ICC review. The right-handed became the first cricketer ever to cross the 900-point mark in all three formats: Tests, ODIs, and T20Is.
Virat Kohli at Third in ICC All-Time T20I Rankings with 909 Rating Points
Virat Kohli's updated T20I rating of 909 has placed him third on the ICC’s all-time T20I rankings, behind Dawid Malan (919) and Suryakumar Yadav (912). Kohli is among the select Indian players to have scored centuries in Tests, ODIs, and T20Is.
The 36-year-old cricketer has earned numerous ICC accolades, including being named Cricketer of the Year in 2017 and 2018 and winning both the Test and ODI Cricketer of the Year awards.
Kohli has won the T20 World Cup, the ODI World Cup, and two ICC Champions Trophies. He is fourth in the ICC ODI batting rankings with 736 points. Kohli retired from Test cricket in May 2025. He played 123 matches, scoring 9,230 runs at an average of 46.85, with 30 centuries and 31 fifties.
Virat Kohli Last Seen in Action During IPL 2025
Kohli was last seen in action during IPL 2025, where he helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) secure their maiden title with a win over Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the final.
India are scheduled to tour Australia in October for a three-match ODI and five-match T20I series. Kohli, who remains active in ODIs, is expected to feature in the squad, with Rohit Sharma currently leading the side in the format.
Following his retirement from Tests and T20Is, Kohli now has a chance to boost his ODI ranking. The Delhi-born batter had an exceptional T20I career, scoring 4,188 runs in 125 matches at an average of 48.69 and a strike rate of 137.04.
Kohli amassed 9,230 runs in 123 Tests at an average of 46.35, including 30 centuries. He has scored over 14,000 runs in ODIs, including 51 hundreds.
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