Virat Kohli: A Cricket Legacy for Team India
- Virat Kohli is the only Indian Premier League (IPL) player who has played all seasons for the same team: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB
- He was selected by RCB shortly after he lead India to victory in the 2008 Under-19 World Cup and has been kept by them ever since.
- Kohli is the IPL’s leading run-scorer with 7263 runs before the start of the 2024 season.
- – He has the record for the most IPL hundreds (7) and runs in a season (973 in 2016). He has only won the Orange Cap once, in 2016.
- – Kohli captained RCB full-time from 2013 to 2021 and led them to the final of the 2016 season, where they lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
- – Kohli shares the history for most productive IPL matches with AB de Villiers (3123 runs) & Chris Gayle (2787 runs).
| FULL NAME | Virat Kohli |
|---|---|
| BORN | November 05, 1988, Delhi |
| AGE | 35 years, 172 days |
| BATTING STYLE | Right hand Bat |
| BOWLING STYLE | Right arm Medium |
| PLAYING ROLE | Top order Batter |
| TEAMS | India, Delhi, Royal Challengers Bangalore, India A, India Blue, India Emerging Players, India Red, India Under-19s, Indian Board President’s XI, North Zone, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, Rest of India |
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Top Records About Virat Kohli
| Top Records | |
|---|---|
| Most matches as captain | 6th |
| Most matches as captain (68) | |
| Highest scores in a match on the losing team | 7th |
| The highest number of runs in a match on the losing team (256) | |
| Hundred in each innings of a match | Hundred in each innings of a match |
| Hundred and a ninety in a match | Hundred and a ninety in a match |
| Hundred and a duck in a match | Hundred and a duck in a match |
| Fastest to 7000 runs | 5th |
| Fastest to 7000 runs (138) | |
| 5000 runs and 50 fielding dismissals | 5000 runs and 50 fielding dismissals |
| The highest score for the 8th wicket | 7th |
| The highest score for the 8th wicket (241) | |
| Most player-of-the-series awards | 2nd |
| Most player-of-the-series awards (11) | |
| Most runs in a series | 1st |
| Most runs in a series (765) | |
| Highest career batting average | 3rd |
| Highest career batting average (58.67) | |
| Most hundreds against one team | 1st |
| Most hundreds against one team (10) | |
| Rejected for the first 99 (and 199, 299, etc.). | 1st |
| Rejected for the first 99 (and 199, 299, etc.). (99) | |
| Most fifties in career | 2nd |
| Most fifties in career (122) | |
| Most fours in career | 4th |
| Most fours in career (1294) | |
| Fastest to 13000 runs | 1st |
| Fastest to 13000 runs (267) | |
| Most catches in career | 4th |
| Most catches in career (151) | |
| Highest partnership for the third wicket | 8th |
| Highest partnership :- 233 | |
| Most player-of-the-series awards | 1st |
| Most player-of-the-series awards (7) | |
| Most runs in career | 1st |
| Most runs in career (4037) | |
| Highest career batting average | 2nd |
| Highest career batting average (51.75) | |
| Most fifties in career | 1st |
| Most fifties in career (38) | |
| Most innings before first duck | 5th |
| Most innings before first duck (47) | |
| Most fours in career | 3rd |
| Most fours in career (361) | |
| Fastest to 3500 runs | 1st |
| Fastest to 3500 runs (96) | |
| Most catches in career | 8th |
| Most catches in career (52) | |
| The highest score for the 5th wicket | 7th |
| The highest score for the 5th wicket (113) | |
| Most player-of-the-series awards | 1st |
| Most player-of-the-series awards (21) | |
| Most matches as captain | 8th |
| Most matches as captain (213) | |
| Most runs in a one year | 3rd |
| Most runs in a one year (2818) | |
| Most hundreds in an annual year. | 2nd |
| Most hundreds in an annual year. (11) | |
| Most nineties in career | 8th |
| Most nineties in career (11) | |
| Most fifties in career | 2nd |
| Most fifties in career (219) | |
| Most straight innings without a duck. | 8th |
| Most straight innings without a duck.(104) | |
| Most fours in career | 5th |
| Most fours in career (2646) | |
| Most catches in career | 6th |
| Most catches in career (314) |
