Some amazing things about Virat Kohli | Biography of Virat Kohli in 2022

 

Introduction:

Virat Kohli is one of the most versatile and consistent batsmen in world cricket. He has been a force to reckon with since he made his debut for India in 2008, and even though he has had several injuries during his career, he still continues to impress on the field. Here are some amazing things about this brilliant cricketer:

Virat Kohli has the highest score by any Indian captain in World Cup (107 vs Pakistan, World Cup 2019)

Kohli is the first Indian cricket captain to score a century in a World Cup match. He also became the first player to achieve this feat, beating MS Dhoni's 2012 effort by one run.

He also became the first player to score two hundred in a single World Cup as well, which he did against Afghanistan on 19 June 2019 at Lord's Cricket Ground (England) where India won by 7 wickets with eight balls remaining before being declared winners due to rain interruptions after India had finished off their target of 180 runs with six balls remaining.

Virat Kohli is the first Indian captain to win a Test series in Australia.

• Virat Kohli is the first Indian captain to win a Test series in Australia.

• He has also led India to win the World T20, Asia Cup, and several other international tournaments.

• During his career, he has scored more than 20,000 runs at an average of over 50 across all formats of the game.

Virat Kohli is the first player to score 500 runs in a bilateral ODI series (against Australia).

Virat Kohli is the first player to score 500 runs in a bilateral ODI series.

Virat Kohli became the first player to score 500 runs in a bilateral ODI series.

Virat Kohli is the only player to score 500 runs in a bilateral ODI series

Only batsman to have averaged more than 50 in all formats of cricket.

Kohli is the only batsman to have averaged more than 50 in all formats of cricket. He has an overall Test average of 53.70 and an ODI average of 53.55, while his T20I average stands at 51.40

Fastest to 1000 T20I runs, reached it in 27 innings.

Virat Kohli is the only cricketer to score 1000 T20I runs in 27 innings. He reached the milestone on 9 June 2018 against England at Lord's.

He set the record for most ODI runs by an Indian batsman in a calendar year (1894 runs), and later broke it again with 2092 runs.

You might have heard that Virat Kohli set the record for most ODI runs by an Indian batsman in a calendar year (1894 runs), and later broke it again with 2092 runs. But did you know that he also holds another record, which is unique to him?

Virat Kohli became the first player to score more than 2000 ODI runs in a calendar year. He achieved this feat against Pakistan during India's tour to UAE in December 2016, where he scored two centuries and six half-centuries over six games.

Fastest to reach 5,000 ODI runs (114 innings). Took only 205 innings to reach 10,000 ODI runs.

Virat Kohli is the fastest cricketer to reach 5,000 ODI runs. He reached this milestone in 114 innings (205 innings for 10,000 ODI runs), beating former Australian captain Steve Waugh's record of 129 innings.

Kohli also holds the second position among all-time Indian batsmen with the most ODI centuries and has more double hundreds than any other Indian player (2)

Most Man of the Match awards for ODIs (38 times).

Kohli is the only player to have won the award in all three formats of cricket. He has won it in most consecutive games (10 times), as well as most consecutive ODIs (7 times).

Virat also owns the record for most centuries in a calendar year across all three formats of cricket (9 centuries)

Virat Kohli is the only cricketer in history who has scored 9 ODI centuries in a calendar year. This record was established when he scored 100 not out from 59 balls against England at Southampton on 27 May 2019.

Virat Kohli is also one of two Indians to have scored 500 or more runs in a bilateral ODI series (the other being Sachin Tendulkar), having scored 563 runs for India against Australia at Wankhede Stadium on 17 December 2018. He became the first Indian captain to score 4 fifties in his first 4 World Cup matches as well as becoming the only man ever under 50 years old to do so twice!

Kohli holds the record for being the fastest cricketer to reach 8,000 ODI runs. He was also the second cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar to score 2,000 or more ODI runs for 4 consecutive calendar years.

• Kohli holds the record for being the fastest cricketer to reach 8,000 ODI runs. He was also the second cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar to score 2,000 or more ODI runs for 4 consecutive calendar years.

• His strike rate of 85 is faster than any other batsman in history who has scored 4000 or more runs at an average over 50.

• His 13 centuries are more than any other player on either side of the format's boundaries (12).

Conclusion:

Virat Kohli is a world-class batsman who has won many accolades in his short career. He is also known as the ‘Big 3’ of modern-day cricket with Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni. His batting abilities make him very dangerous for any team when he gets a start at the top of the order. I hope you enjoyed reading some amazing facts about Virat Kohli!