Virat Kohli turns 34, know 10 big records of former Indian captain’s career – Dekho Samachar
Former Indian captain Virat Kohli is celebrating his 34th birthday today. Kohli has made many big records in his 14 year long career. T20 World Cup 2022 is being played in Australia. Former Indian captain Virat Kohli’s bat is running well in this tournament. Virat Kohli has so far crossed the fifty-run mark 3 times in 4 innings. On Sunday, Team India will take the field against Zimbabwe. By winning this match, the Indian team would like to confirm their place in the semi-finals. At the same time, before this match, Virat Kohli will celebrate his 34th birthday on 5 November. So let’s have a look at 10 big records of the former Indian captain’s career.
Virat Kohli has scored 7 double centuries as Test captain.
This is the most by any captain in Test cricket. Earlier this record was in the name of Brian Lara of West Indies, he had scored 5 double centuries as captain.
Virat Kohli fastest in ODI cricket
Virat Kohli is the fastest player to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket. The former Indian captain did this feat in 205 innings. In this case, he left behind Sachin Tendulkar. The Master Blaster touched the 10,000-run mark in 259 innings. Virat Kohli crossed the 10 thousand runs mark in his international career after 10 years and 68 days of his debut. In this way he became the fastest batsman to do so in international cricket. In this matter, Virat Kohli left Rahul Dravid behind. Rahul Dravid did this in 10 years and 317 days.
Virat Kohli averages more than 50 in all three formats
In the year 2017 as captain, Virat Kohli scored 1460 runs in ODI cricket. This is the most runs in a year as captain. Earlier this record was in the name of Ricky Ponting. The former Australian captain scored 1427 runs in the year 2007. Virat Kohli is the first captain to score six ODI hundreds in a year as a captain. He did this feat in the years 2017 and 2018.
