Virat Kohli recently announced his retirement from Test cricket. He retired from the T20 format last year after Team India won the T20 World Cup. So, presently, he will play only in the One Day International (ODI)tournament for Team India.
Friends, do you know that after Virat Kohli made his International debut in 2008, there are so many world records in his name as per details given below:
1 Most runs scored by a player in all the formats- 27,599 runs.
2 Most 50s in all the formats- 143.
3 Most 100s in all the formats- 82.
4 Most 150s in all the formats- 16
5 Most 200s -7
6 Most 4s hit-2721
7 Most boundaries hit (4s and 6s)- 2963
8 Most Man of Match award- 69
9 Most Man of Series award- 21
10 Most runs in ICC tournaments– 3,736
11 Most 50s in ICC tournaments– 32
12 Most Man of Match award ICC tournaments-13
13 Most Man of Series award in ICC tournaments– 3
14 Most ICC awards- 10
15 Most runs in ICC tournaments in Knockout stage– 939
16 Most 50s in ICC knockouts– 9
17 Most runs in final of ICC tournaments- 410
18 Most runs as captain- 12,883.
19 Most 150s as captain- 11
20 Most 200s as Captain- 7
21 Most Man of Match as captain- 27
Additionally he is the fastest Indian batsman to achieve following milestones in ODI cricket history
1 Fastest to reach- 4000 runs, in 93 innings.
2 Fastest to reach- 5000 runs, in 114 innings.
3 Fastest to reach- 6000 runs, in 136 innings.
4 Fastest to reach- 7000 runs, in 161 innings.
5 Fastest to reach- 8000 runs, in 175 innings.
6 Fastest to reach- 9000 runs, in 194 innings.
7 Fastest to reach- 10,000 runs, in 205 innings.
8 Fastest to reach– 11,000 runs, in 222 innings
9 Fastest to reach- 12,000 runs, in 242 innings.
10 Fastest to reach- 13,000 runs, in 267 innings.
11 fastest to reach- 14,000 runs, in 287 innings.
From reaching 8000 runs to 14,000 runs milestones, Virat Kohli is the fastest batsman in the world to achieve these milestones. Imagine reaching 9000 to 10000 runs in just 11 ODI innings.
Virat is continuing to play ODI format cricket, do not know how many more records he will break.
Waiting for your views on this blog.
Anil Malik
Mumbai, India
23rd May 2025