Virat Kohli celebrates his 36th birthday at this time, and the batting icon would have beloved to mark the big day with a Check win over New Zealand — identical to precisely a yr in the past, when he scored a century within the ODI World Cup on his 35th birthday. However a yr on since that day, Kohli goes by way of a difficult interval as a cricketer. However, the person who has led India to many memorable victories and has given moments to cherish, stays an unparalleled icon.
The speedy subsequent problem Kohli faces is the tour of Australia, the place India will play 5 Exams for the Border Gavaskar Trophy starting November 5 in Perth. Whereas Kohli and Crew India put together for that robust project, this is a take a look at a few of the well-known information in Kohli’s identify:
– Most ODI centuries: Kohli went previous Sachin Tendulkar’s report of 49 a whole lot in one-day internationals with a century (117) towards New Zealand within the ODI World Cup semifinal final yr.
– Quickest to 13,000 ODI runs: Kohli broke one other Tendulkar report when he reached the milestone of 13,000 runs in ODIs in 267 innings. Tendulkar did that in 321 innings.
– Most runs in an ODI sequence and World Cup: Kohli’s 765 runs throughout the 2023 version of the ODI World Cup is essentially the most within the historical past of the event, incomes him the ‘Participant of the Match’ award. Nonetheless, India went right down to Australia within the closing to complete as runners-up.
– Most a whole lot towards one crew: Kohli’s 10 centuries throughout codecs towards Sri Lanka is essentially the most towards one crew by a batsman.
– Most Participant of the Sequence awards (T20Is): Kohli’s 7 ‘Participant of the Sequence’ awards within the shortest format of the sport is essentially the most by a cricketer.
– Most Participant of the Sequence awards (all codecs): Kohli has earned the excellence of successful 21 ‘Participant of the Sequence’ awards in ODIs, T20Is and Exams mixed.
– Most fifties in T20Is: The batting icon has scored 39 T20I half-centuries, which is essentially the most by a batsman.
– Received all ICC trophies: Kohli’s spectacular achievements embrace successful all ICC trophies, i.e., the ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup and the Champions Trophy. The Indian crew was additionally awarded the Check mace throughout his reign as captain.