Virat Kohli.
Virat Kohli.
Cricket News: Former Indian captain Virat Kohli completed 15 years in international cricket today. On this day 15 years ago, Virat made his debut in international cricket. After this, he made many records with his consistent performance in international cricket. Kohli is one of the best players in the world at present. Virat started his journey with Delhi teammate Gautam Gambhir. Although Virat had a modest start, scoring just 12 runs in his first match with the bat.
Journey from Kohli to Virat
During a conversation with the media, Virat Kohli had told how he had decided that he had to focus on fitness. He didn’t pay much attention to fitness till IPL 2012, but when he saw himself gaining weight, he started focusing on his fitness first. Kohli is not only India’s but also the most fit and popular cricketer in the world today. Kohli is also one of the most popular players in India as well as in the world on social media. Virat is second in terms of scoring most centuries in international cricket. Currently, former Indian player Sachin Tendulkar has the maximum number of 100 international centuries.
Kohli’s performance so far
Virat has so far played 501 matches in international cricket, in which he has scored a total of 25,582 runs. In which he scored 8,676 runs in 187 innings of 111 Tests at an average of 49.29 and a strike rate of 55.23. In ODIs, he has scored 12,898 runs in 265 innings at an average of 57.32 and a strike rate of 93.62 and in T20s he has scored 4,008 runs at an average of 52.73 and a strike rate of 137.96. Virat is also currently India’s most successful batsman.
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