Happy Birthday Virat Kohli: Top 5 Records Owned By The Batting Legend

Ahead of Virat's much-awaited birthday, let's have a look at his top five records. Pic: Getty Images

India's most successful Test captain: Former India skipper Virat Kohli is the most successful Test captain in the history of India cricket. The batting legend has led the Indian cricket team to 38 wins in 56 Test matches. Virat Kohli also holds the unique record for most back-to-back Test series wins (9) as India skipper from 2015–2017 (equal with Australian legend Ricky Ponting from 2005–2008). Pic: Getty Images

First captain from Asia to win a Test series in Australia: Team India, led by batting maestro Virat Kohli, defeated mighty Australia 2-1 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2018-19 Down Under to script history, making Virat Kohli the first Asian captain to win a Test series in Australia. Pic: Getty Images

Highest run-scorer in T20 Internationals: Former India captain Virat Kohli has 3932 runs to his name in 113 matches at a remarkable batting average of 53.13 and a strike rate of over 138.45. Kohli has 36 half-centuries and one hundred for India in T20Is. Pic: Getty Images

Fastest to score 10,000 runs in ODIs: Virat Kohli has literally broken most of the elite batting records in his cricket career and one of his records which remains the highlight of his exceptional career is him being the 'fastest to score 10,000 runs in ODIs'. Virat Kohli attained the milestone in 205 innings, leaving behind stalwarts like Sachin Tendulkar (259 innings) and Sourav Ganguly. Pic: Getty Images

71 centuries in international cricket: Batting legend Virat Kohli is second on the elite list of most tons in the history of international cricket. Kohli in his international career so far, has scored 71 tons across formats in a total of 477 international matches. He is 29 centuries short of overtaking Sachin Tendulkar (100 international tons). Pic: Getty Images