Virat Kohli has smashed many a batting records, scaled numerous lofty milestones and spearheaded many a herculean chases in a staggering career which is fast approaching the 12-year mark. The profilic run scoring machine and team Indian skipper shared his 1000th post on Instagram on Thursday to express his gratitude towards his die hard fans for their love and support extended

""2008 2020. With many learnings along the way, I'm grateful for your love and support you guys have shown me. Here's to the #1000thPost," Kohli said on Instagram along with an image.


There was some creativity at work in making the 1000th post special as the photoshopped image sees two versions of Virat Kohli. fist-bumping with the current version of the Indian skipper.

Kohli who is argubaly the most admired and loved cricketer in the Indian subcontinent also happens to be one of the most followed Indians on Instagram with 69.4 million followers. He remains the only cricketer in the top-10 list of the highest-earning athletes on Instagram.

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The 31-year-old, who first donned the Indian jersey backin 2008, has so far played 86 Tests, 248 ODIs and 82 T20Is in which he racked up a staggering 7240, 11867 and 2794 runs respectively. With an astounding 70 international hundreds to his name (27 in Tests and 43 in ODIs), Kohli ranks second behind the Indian Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar in the list of highest ton makers.

The right-handed batter is currently at the No.1 spot in ODIs, No.2 in Tests and No. 10 in T20Is in ICC Rankings.

Kohli captained India to victory in a Test series in Australia last year and in his captaincy, India have developed one of the most potent fast bowling units in the world.