Records of Virat Kholi in International Cricket
Most Consecutive wins as Indian captain
Virat Kohli has always spoken about maintaining the intensity in every match, even if it’s a dead rubber. India proved that they have bought into the captain’s idea when they whitewashed Sri Lanka in all formats. India first won the Test series 3-0, then ODI series 5-0 and then the lone T20 as well. After coming back home, India decimated Australia as well in the first ODI, making it 10 wins on the trot.
Led India to its longest unbeaten streak in Tests
When India beat England by an innings and 75 runs in the fifth Test in December last year, India recorded their longest unbeaten streak – 18 matches, going pasttheir earlier record of 17 matches. The 17-match unbeaten streak was recorded between September 1985 and March 1987. India recorded one more Test win (against Bangladesh), before losing to Australia in February this year. The unbeaten streak began in Sri Lanka in August 2015.
Most double-hundreds as India’s Test captain
Virat Kohli became the first Indian captainto score a double century in 84 years, when he notched his maiden 200 in West Indies in 2016. Little did we know that the run machine would score a double century in each of the next three Test series, making it four double centuries as captain. He presently holds the record of the most double centuries scored by an Indian captain. Brian Lara has scored the most double centuries (5) as Test captain.
Fastest to 10 Test centuries among Indian captains
When Virat Kohli notched 103* in the first Test against Sri Lanka in July, the 28-year-old became the fastest to score 10 Test centuries as India’s captain. The Delhi batsman took just 44 innings to get to the landmark, ahead of the next best Indian, Sunil Gavaskar by 8 innings. Australia’s Sir Donald Bradman leads the list with 26 innings.
2nd Most ODI centuries
Recently, Kohli overtook Aussie great Ricky Ponting’s record of most ODIs centuries (30), as he got to his 31st ton against New Zealand in the first ODI at Mumbai’s Wankhede last week. Kohli is now behind only to Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who occupies the top spot with49 tons in the ODIs.
Record six centuries in a year
Kohli has 32 hundreds in ODIs- five vs New Zealand. And with his latest hundred (113) vs New Zealand at Kanpur, Kohli became the second Indian captain to post10 hundreds in ODIs. Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly had the most, with 11. However, he has scored six centuries in a calender year is a record byan Indian captain in ODIs. Former Aussie captain Ricky Ponting had achieved the feat twice (in 2003 and 2007). Ganguly (2000), Graeme Smith (2005) and AB de Villiers (2015) had five centuries each as captain.
Fastest to 9000 ODI runs
Virat Kohli, during the 3rd ODI against New Zealand at Sunday, became the fastest to reach 9000 ODI runs. Kohli took just 194 innings to create the record. Withthis the Team India captain has broken AB de Villiers’ record of the fastest cricketer to reach the milestone. de Villiers’ took 205 innings. Kohli has taken nine years and 72 days to reach this milestone- the latest time taken by a batsman to complete, 9,000 runs. Meanwhile, Hashim Amla, recently became the fastest to 6000 runs, taking just 123 innings, breaking Kohli’s record with 136 innings.
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