New Delhi, 4/3: Virat Kohli will go to play the 100th Test match of his Test career on 4 March i.e. today. During this, he will become the 12th cricketer from India to play 100 or more Tests. Virat, who made his Test debut against West Indies in 2011, has scored 7962 runs at an average of 50. Today, when he will land in Mohali for his 100th Test against Sri Lanka (India vs Sri Lanka), his eyes will be on the dozens of records that he has made in his career. Virat Kohli captained Team India for 7 years. He has scored runs at an average of more than 50 in all formats of cricket. The 100th Test to be played in Mohali will be special for him. Apart from completing 8 thousand runs in Test cricket, he can also equal Ricky Ponting’s 71 international centuries. Let’s take a look at those 10 unmatched records made by him.
1. Average of over 50 in all three formats
Virat Kohli is the first cricketer in the world, who has scored an average of more than 50 in all three formats of cricket i.e. Test, ODI and T20. After playing 457 international matches, Virat Kohli averages 50.39 in Tests, 58.07 in ODIs and 51.50 in T20 Internationals.
2. Indians with most double centuries
Virat Kohli is the only cricketer from India who has scored 7 double centuries in Test cricket. He has proved with this performance that he likes to bat for long hours. Although it will be called bad luck of Kohli that he has not been able to score a century in T20 International.
3. Second player to score the most centuries
Virat Kohli is the second batsman in the world to score the most centuries as a Test captain. As a captain, he scored 20 Test centuries. Former South African captain Graeme Smith is at the top in terms of scoring the most centuries as a captain. Smith has scored 25 centuries as a captain.
At present, none of the players who are playing Tests for India have scored 27 Test centuries. Talking about active cricketers, Steve Smith is on par with him. This is when Virat has not been able to score a century in Test for more than 2 years.
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