Virat Kohli is an Indian international cricketer and former captain of the India national cricket team. He plays for Delhi in domestic cricket and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League as a right-handed batsman. Kohli made his Test debut in 2011.
Virat Kohli records Awards list: Indian skipper Virat Kohli is considered as one of the greatest cricketers of all time. Times of Sports(TOS) listed records, achievements, and awards received by Virat Kohli.
Virat Kohli records
- Virat Kohli is the only Indian batsman who got 890 rating points in the ICC ODI ranking. Previously Sachin Tendulkar got the best rating of 887 in 1998.
- Virat Kolhi has the record of having the highest ICC rating points (922) in the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen.
- Virat Kohli scored six double centuries as a captain in test matches. He surpassed Cricket legend Brian Lara, who had five double centuries as a test captain.
- Virat Kohli has the most number of 150+ scores as captain in Tests – 9 times.
- Virat Kohli became the first player to hit consecutive 3 centuries in against two opponents (West Indies & Sri Lanka).
- Kolhi is the most successful Indian ODI captain. Kohli’s success rate is 75.89% as a captain which is better than M.S. Dhoni.
- Virat Kohli scored more than 20,000 runs at an average of over 50 in all formats -Test matches, One Day Internationals, and T-20 matches.
- Rahul Dravid scored 10,000 ODI runs after playing 10 years, 317 days while Kohli achieved this by playing just 10 years and 68 days.
- Virat Kohli captained India in 17 T20I bilateral series and won 12 out of them. India lost just 2 series under him.
- Virat Kohli becomes the first Indian cricketer to cross 10,000 T20 runs.
- Virat Kohli becomes the first-ever player to be part of 50 wins in each of the three formats.
- In the 2nd Test match of IND vs NZ 2021 series, India beat New Zealand by 372 runs under Virat Kohli’s captaincy which is the biggest win in terms of runs in the Indian test history.
- Ricky Ponting(2006, 2007) and Virat Kohli(2017, 2018) are the only cricketers to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy in successive years.
- Virat Kohli becomes the first Indian captain in history to win two Boxing Day Test matches. (AUS vs IND – Melbourne Cricket Ground; SA vs IND at Centurion 2021)
- Virat Kohli took over the Test captaincy when India was ranked 7th and Virat steps down from Captaincy when India ranked No.1.
- Virat Kohli’s batting record as a Test captain: Innings – 113; Runs – 5,864; Average – 54.80; Hundreds – 20; Fifties – 18.
- Virat Kohli as captain in international cricket: Matches – 213; Won – 135; Runs – 12,883; Average – 59.92; Hundreds – 41.
Virat Kohli Achievement as Skipper
Virat Kohli has scored seven double centuries in his Test career and all those milestones have come when he was the skipper of the side. He holds the record for most double tons as a captain in the history of Test cricket.
T20I
- Virat Kohli has the best average(500+ runs) as T20 Skipper – 47.6%
- Virat Kohli holds the second-best win(40+ matches) rate – 66%
- Virat won the T20I series in South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia
- India’s longest T20I win-streak as Virat as skipper – 10 matches
Most double centuries by an Indian in Test cricket
In 2019, Kohli surpassed Sachin Tendulkar and Virendra Sehwag to smash most double centuries by an Indian in test cricket. Kohli has seven centuries in the long format of the game, while Sachin and Sehwag have six double centuries each.
Most runs in a single IPL season – 973
Kohli scored 973 runs in the ninth edition of the Indian Premier League to guide his team to the finals of the tournament. The season saw him score as many as four centuries — the most by a player in a single season. That year, Kohli led India to new heights as a captain with his consistency.
Most runs in a calendar year/series
In 2017, Kohli slammed 11 centuries across all formats of the game and amassed 3000 runs. As a captain, he led India to new heights, winning all the series at home.
- Most ODI runs in a calendar year by an Indian cricketer – 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
- Highest combined international runs scored in a year by an Indian cricketer – 2818 international runs in 2017
- Second Highest century by an Indian
- Most Test runs in 2018 by any cricketer
- Most ODI runs in 2018 by any cricketer
Milestones reached by Virat Kohli
- Fastest Indian to reach 1000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000, and 10,000 runs in ODIs
- Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 10, 15, 20, and 25 centuries in ODIs
- The only batsman in history to average more than 50 in Tests, ODIs, and T20Is simultaneously
- Fastest in the world to reach 30 and 35 centuries in ODIs
- Second fastest in the world to reach 1,000 runs in T20Is
- First Indian cricketer to score three successive centuries in ODIs
- Fastest in the world to reach 15,000 international runs
- Fastest batsman to score 17,000 runs in international cricket (363 innings)
- First batsman to reach 6000 runs in IPL tournament
- Virat Kohli holds the record for the fewest innings(462 innings) to reach 22000 International runs followed by Sachin Tendulkar who took 493 innings to achieve this feat.
- Kohli scored 23000 runs from playing 490 international matches with a 50+ average – the only player to score 20000+ runs with a 50+ average.
- Virat Kohli becomes the first Indian cricketer to cross 10,000 T20 runs.
Virat Kohli Awards
- Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year): 2017, 2018
- ICC ODI Player of the Year: 2012, 2017
- ICC Test Team of the Year: 2017 (captain)
- Padma Shri: 2017
- ICC ODI Team of the Year: 2012, 2014, 2016 (captain), 2017 (captain)
- Arjuna Award: 2013
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: 2018
- Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Decade(2010-2020)
How many trophies has Virat Kohli won as a captain?
Taking over the reigns from India legend MS Dhoni in 2017, Kohli led India in three ICC tournaments – the 2017 Champions Trophy, 2019 ODI World Cup and the 2021 T20 World Cup.
What is Virat Kohli biggest achievement?
He is the fastest cricketer to score 25 ODI tons and the fastest to reach 7,500 ODI runs. Virat Kohli is the third cricketer in the world after Rickey Ponting and Don Bradman, who scored three double hundreds in the calendar year.
Virat Kohli’s Biggest Achievements As Test Captain Of India As He Steps Down As Skipper
Virat Kohli has established himself as one of the best Test skippers in the world and he will cement his legacy as one of the most successful captains of India.
Virat Kohli has established himself as one of the best Test skippers in the world and he has cemented his legacy as one of the most successful captains of Team India as well. Under his stint, India has achieved tremendous amounts of success, both at home and away.
Kohli has won 40 of the 68 Test matches he has led the side in, thereby emphasising his leadership mettle. Here is a look at the 33-year old’s five biggest achievements as the skipper of the side after he shockingly announced that he would step down as Test captain.
Virat Kohli helped Team India qualify for ICC WTC final
Amongst the many achievements Virat Kohli scripted as captain of Team India in the Test format, perhaps his biggest achievement is having led the side in their first-ever WTC final. Although New Zealand beat India in the final by eight wickets, Kohli did lead the side to Test series wins against West Indies, South Africa, Bangladesh, Australia and England to reach the finals.
Virat Kohli led Team India to first Test series win on Australian soil
Virat Kohli made history by becoming the first Indian captain to win a Test series Down Under. On January 7, 2019, India made history by winning their maiden Test series in Australia. The visitors defeated the hosts 2-1 after the fourth and final Test in Sydney was called a draw due to adverse weather.
Virat Kohli led India to a 2-1 series lead against England on their turf
After leading Team India to a historical Test series win in Australia, Virat Kohli also led the side to another famous Test series lead in England. After the first India vs England Test ended in a draw, the Kohli-led side recorded famous overseas wins at both Lord’s and The Oval. The only location which England won at was Leeds, with the Old Trafford Test getting postponed due to COVID. The fifth and final Test match of the series is expected to be played later this year.
Virat Kohli’s other accomplishments as Test captain
After leading Team India to Test series wins in Brisbane, Lord’s, Oval and Centurion in one year, Virat Kohli became the only Indian skipper to have led the side to victories on four overseas grounds twice in his career. Previously, Kohli had led India to wins in Johannesburg, Nottingham, Adelaide and Melbourne in 2018.
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The 33-year old also became the first Asian captain to win a Test match at Centurion earlier this year and only the third overall to do so after England’s Nasser Hussain in 2000 and Australia’s Michael Clarke in 2014. As a result of several landmark victories under his stint, India was the highest-ranked Test team in the ICC rankings for 42 months from October 2016 till early March 2020.
