Team India captain Virat Kohli is celebrating his 33rd birthday today. Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in the capital of the country, Delhi. In his international career spanning 13 years, Kohli has set and destroyed many records as a batsman and captain. This is the reason why Kohli’s name is counted among both the greatest batsmen and captains of the world. However, the Indian team has not won a single ICC title under the leadership of Kohli so far and to overcome this constraint, he is currently busy in the T20 World Cup in UAE and Oman.
The Indian team will play against Scotland in the Super 12 round of the T20 World Cup today. While Team India would like to gift its captain Virat Kohli a huge victory, the fans would like to see the old aggressive glimpse of Kohli. Virat Kohli would also like to play a memorable innings for the fans on his birthday. Kohli had indicated to return to his form by scoring a half-century against Pakistan, but then he did not prove to be effective against New Zealand and did not get a chance to bat against Afghanistan.
Virat Kohli’s career has been unmatched. He played 96 Test matches so far, in which he scored 7765 runs with the help of 27 centuries and as many fifties. His average of 51.08 is excellent. At the same time, Kohli has played 254 ODIs so far, in which he has scored 12169 runs with the help of 43 centuries and 62 half-centuries. Kohli averaged 56.50 in ODIs. Apart from this, Kohli has played 93 T20 Internationals, in which he scored 3225 runs with the help of 29 half-centuries. During this his average was 52.01. Kohli’s stats give a hallmark of his greatness.
Sachin Tendulkar has scored 100 international hundreds in his career. He scored 51 Test and 49 ODI centuries. Sachin is the player with the most centuries in Tests and ODIs. However, Kohli has come close to breaking the record of the former India batsman’s ODI century. After Sachin, Kohli is the only batsman to score the most centuries in ODIs. The rhythm in which the Indian captain bats and scores centuries, he can achieve this feat before his next birthday. At present, Kohli has 43 ODI hundreds to his name and needs only 7 centuries. If Kohli succeeds in doing so, he will become the first cricketer to score 50 ODI centuries.
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‘Run Machine’ Kohli has already broken a strong record of Sachin. He had set the world record for completing 10,000 runs in ODIs at the fastest speed, beating Sachin. While Kohli achieved this feat in the 205th innings of the 213th ODI, Sachin scored 10,000 runs in 259 innings. Kohli is also on top in the matter of making 10 thousand facing the fewest balls. He achieved this position in 10813 balls.
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Virat Kohli, the captain of the Indian team, was scoring a century at one time, but in the last two years, not a single century has come from his bat. Kohli’s last international century was against Bangladesh in November 2019. Since then, Kohli’s fans are waiting to make their hearts happy by scoring a century. Although scoring a century in T20 cricket is not easy at all, but fans will definitely expect a special innings from Kohli today.
