Virat Kohli turns 35 today: Most runs, most centuries, most ICC awards…Records King Kohli holds
World Cup victory in 2008, Virat Kohli has consistently dominated headlines with his extraordinary run-scoring ability. Also read: Virat Kohli turns 35 today: 5 unique record held by the Indian batting maestro Virat Kohli has represented India in 5114* international matches (ODI, Test, and T20) and has scored 26,209* runs as of 4 November 2023. Recently, the former Indian cricket team captain broke master blaster SachinTendulkar's record during the ICC World Cup match against Sri Lanka.
Kohli completed 1,000-plus runs in a calendar year for eight years. Tendulkar achieved this feat seven times in his cricket career. Also read: Virat Kohli shatters Sachin Tendulkar's record, but misses another Kohli scored more than 1,000 in the years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
In contrast, Tendulkar achieved this milestone in 1994,1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007. He is also the fastest to achieve milestones of 8,000 to 13,000 ODI runs. Virat Kohli is also the recipient of the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade.
Barring one in Bangladesh, Kohli scored Test hundreds in and against every country he played, according to ESPN. Also read: ICC World Cup 2023 top run-scorers: 2 Indians in Top 5; can you guess who? The Delhi-born batter is India's one of the most successful captains too. Under his captaincy, India earned five successive ICC World Test Championship maces, ending as the top-ranked side of the season for five successive years.
Under his captaincy in Test cricket, India won 40 of the 68 games matches and lost 17 and 11 draws. Virat has led India in 95 ODIs, winning 65, losing 27, one tied and two ending in no results. In the T20 cricket format, Kohli has led India in 60 such
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