10 Major Records Which Serve As Testament To Virat Kohli Being Living Legend Of Game Over His 12-year Career

Kohli's spectacular run scoring and ton making exploits have led him to break numerous batting records and scale lofty milestones. He is one among the elite few batsman to have scored over 11000 ODI runs and is also the leading ton maker among active batsman in international cricket with 70 international hundreds.

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Virat Kohli attained a significant career milestone on August 18 as he completed 12 highly successful years in a glittering international career. The Indian skipper has come a long way and risen in stature since making his debut against Sri Lanka in a ODI at Dambullah twelve years back. The Indian skipper has been the batting spearhead for the Indian team across all the three formats for nearly a decade and is hailed among the best white ball cricket batsman ever to have graced the sport. Kohli's spectacular run scoring and ton making exploits have led him to break numerous batting records and scale lofty milestones. He is one among the elite few batsman to have scored over 11,000 ODI runs and is also the leading ton maker among active batsman in international cricket with 70 international hundreds. Under Kohli's captaincy, India has been one of the powerhouses of world cricket in both Tests and ODIs and have consistently been ranked inside the top 3 for the last four odd years. Kohli-led Indian team currently stands atop the table in the ICC World Test Championship. Here is a glance at the 10 major records held by Virat 'King' Kohli to celebrate the Indian skippers' stellar feats on him  completing twelve years in international cricket FASTEST TO 8000,9000,10000 And 11,000 RUNS IN ODIS Kohli staggering consistency in ODIs is reflected by the sheer quickness with which he has scaled monumental run-scoring milestones. Kohli has been the fastest batsman to scale the 8000 (175), 9000 (194),10000 (205) and 11000 (222 innings) run milestones in ODI cricket.Quite the feat considering he had beaten some of the greatest of all times in like Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting,Brian Lara and Kumar Sangakkara by quite a fair margin. MOST TONS WHILE CHASING IN ODIS - 26 With 26 tons in his kitty while batting second for India in ODIs, 'Chase Master' Kohli has notched up the most tons (26) in run chases in ODIs. Sachin Tendulkar comes in next with 17 tons in run chases for India. 50+ AVERAGE IN ALL THREE FORMATS OF THE GAME Kohli is the only batsman in international cricket to have a breathtaking average of 50-plus in all formats of the game. The Indian skipper averages 53.62 in Tests, 59.33 in ODIs and 50.80 in T20Is. His ODI average is the best among all batsman who have scored over 2000 runs in limited overs cricker. Pakistan's batting mainstay Babar Azam comes in next with an astounding average of 54.17 in ODIs. MOST SUCCESSFUL INDIAN SKIPPER IN TEST CRICKET - 33 WINS Kohli is the most successful Indian skipper in terms of the Test wins he has registered under his belt as the skipper. India has won 33 out of the under Kohli's captaincy, the most wins by far for the sub continent team under any skipper. MS Dhoni comes in next with 27 wins and Sourav Ganguly occupies the third spot with 21 wins in 49 Tests. BEST WIN PERCENTAGE AS INDIAN SKIPPER IN ODIs - 71.83% Kohli is India's most successful ODI skipper in terms of the best win percentage in the white ball format. Under Kohli's captaincy,India has enjoyed a very high degree of consistency, winning a staggering 62 games out of the 80 ODIs. Kohli's win percentage of 71.83 is way higher than Dhoni (59.52) and Ganguly (53.9) MOST DOUBLE TONS BY INDIAN CRICKETER IN TEST CRICKET - 7  Virat Kohli holds the distinction of scoring the most number of double hundreds in Test cricket for India. With 7 double tons under his belt, Kohli stands atop the list of double centurions ahead of batting greats like Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag (6 each) and Rahul Dravid (5). MOST RUNS BY BATSMAN IN BILATERAL ODI SERIES - 558 Virat Kohli scored a whopping 558 runs in the 6-match ODI series against South Africa in South Africa back in 2018. His run scoring exploits against the Proteas stands as the most runs by a batsman in a bilateral ODI series. MOST RUNS BY INDIAN SKIPPER IN TEST CRICKET - 5142 Virat Kohli holds the record for scoring most runs as captain of the Indian team in Test cricket. As India's Test skipper, Kohli has notched up 5142 runs, the most by any Indian captain in the red ball cricket format. HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE BY INDIAN CAPTAIN IN TEST CRICKET - 254* Virat Kohli's personal best haul of 254 (not out) against South Africa at the MCA ground in Pune Test last year is also the highest individual score by an Indian captain in Test cricket. MOST RUNS BY BATSMAN ACROSS THREE FORMATS IN A DECADE - 20960 Virat Kohli was the most prolific run scorer all through the last decade amassing 20,960 runs across all formats (2010-2019) .He also became the lone batsman to scale the herculean 20,000 plus milestone runs across all formats in a single decade.