Virat Kohli Records
Published - 10 Sep 2024, 03:31 PM | Updated - 10 Sep 2024, 03:42 PM
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Name |
Virat Kohli |
Date of birth |
5 November 1988 |
Nickname |
Cheeku, King Kohli |
Height |
5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
Playing role |
Top-order batsman |
Batting |
Right-handed |
Bowling |
Right-arm medium |
Nationality |
Indian |
Marital status |
Married to Anushka Sharma |
Domestic team |
Delhi |
IPL team |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
Test debut |
20 June 2011 v West Indies |
ODI debut |
18 August 2008 v Sri Lanka |
T20I debut |
12 June 2010 v Zimbabwe |
Jersey no. |
18 |
Virat Kohli has been one of the most decorated batsmen of this generation. He represents Team India in international cricket and plies his trade for Delhi and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in domestic cricket and IPL respectively.
Kohli first grabbed the limelight in 2008 when he led India to their second Under-19 World Cup title.
In the same year, he also made his international debut and has been a part of the Indian team since then. It did not take Kohli long to become an integral member of the team across formats.
Over the years, he has grown from strength to strength and is now one of the most decorated batsmen in the history of international cricket. Very few batters have dominated the game like he has done. Kohli has scored heavily across all the formats and against all the oppositions irrespective of conditions.
He also led both the Indian team as well as Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Kohli is also one of India's most decorated Test captains.
Kohli has created and broken numerous records in his illustrious career so far and we are taking a look at a few of those records. Here is a list of all the Virat Kohli records in Tests, ODIs, T20Is as well as IPL. It contains Virat Kohli records list in all the formats.
Virat Kohli's records:
Virat Kohli Test record list:
- Most run as an Indian in losing Test this century - 115 and 141 against Australia in Adelaide, 2014.
- Highest partnership for the 8th wicket for India - 241 runs with Jayant Yadav against England in Mumbai, 2016.
- Kohli scored the most number of runs in a calendar year by an Indian batsman in 2012, 2015, and 2016.
- First-ever batsman to score double centuries in four consecutive Test series. It is one of the main Virat Kohli world records.
- Highest runs scored by an Indian in a three-match Test series - 610 against Sri Lanka in 2017.
Position |
Record |
2nd |
Most double hundreds in a series (2) |
4th |
Most hundreds in a series (4) |
4th |
Most double hundreds in a career (7) |
5th |
Fastest player to reach 7000 runs (138) |
5th |
Most number of hundreds in consecutive innings (3) |
7th |
Highest partnership for the eighth wicket (241 runs) |
8th |
Highest partnership for the fourth wicket (365 runs) |
9th |
Fastest player to reach 6000 runs (119) |
14th |
Fastest player to reach 5000 runs (105) |
15th |
Fastest player to reach 8000 runs (169) |
16th |
Most catches in a series (12) |
19th |
Most hundreds in a career (27) |
40th |
Most fifties in career (55) |
Virat Kohli ODI record list:
- Most ODI centuries - 50.
- First batsman to hit 50 centuries in ODIs.
- Most centuries against one team - 10 against Sri Lanka.
- Most ODI centuries while chasing - 27.
- Most ODI centuries in India - 22.
- Fastest to - 8,000 runs (175 innings), 9,000 runs (194 innings), 10,000 runs, 11,000 runs (222 innings), 12,000 runs (242 innings) and 13,000 runs (267 innings).
- Highest-ever career batting average by an Indian - 58.67
- Highest historic ICC rating points by an Indian - 909 points.
- Most 300-plus runs scored in bilateral series - 6.
- Fastest ODI century by an Indian - 52 balls against Australia in 2013.
- Fastest Indian to reach 25, 30, 35, 40 centuries. Fastest in the world to score 30th and 35th centuries.
- Most runs in a bilateral series - 558 against South Africa in 2018.
Virat Kohli T20I record list:
- Most runs in T20Is – 4,037 runs.
- Most Fifty-plus scores in the career – 38 (including 37 fifties and 1 century).
- Most fifties in T20Is - 37.
- Highest career batting average in T20I by an Indian – 51.75.
- Fastest to 3,000 runs - 81 innings
- Fastest to 3,500 runs - 96 innings.
- Most player of the match awards - 15.
- Most Player of the series awards - 7 times.
- Most fours in T20Is by an Indian - 361.
Virat Kohli IPL record:
- Most runs in the IPL – 7805 runs.
- Most centuries in IPL - 8.
- Most runs in a single edition of IPL – 973 runs (2016). It is likely to be an unbeatable Virat Kohli record.
- Most centuries in a single edition of IPL - 4 (2016).
- Most involvement in double-century plus partnerships - 3, two times with AB de Villiers and once with Chris Gayle.
Virat Kohli's career in numbers:
Format |
Mat |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
SR |
100s |
50s |
4s |
6s |
Tests |
113 |
8848 |
254* |
49.15 |
55.56 |
29 |
30 |
991 |
26 |
ODIs |
295 |
13906 |
183 |
58.18 |
93.54 |
50 |
72 |
1302 |
151 |
T20Is |
125 |
4188 |
122* |
48.69 |
137.04 |
1 |
38 |
369 |
124 |
FC |
145 |
11097 |
254* |
50.21 |
55.96 |
36 |
38 |
1304 |
41 |
List A |
329 |
15348 |
183 |
57.05 |
93.57 |
54 |
80 |
1466 |
175 |
T20s |
399 |
12886 |
122* |
41.43 |
134.2 |
9 |
97 |
1144 |
416 |
IPL stats:
Mat |
Runs |
HS |
Avg |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
252 |
8004 |
113 |
38.67 |
131.97 |
8 |
55 |
705 |
272 |