Top five achievements of Virat Kohli in his 15-year-career

In the first semifinal between India and New Zealand in the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023,

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 completed his 50th ODI hundred. With this, he went past his former teammate and the legend of the game, Sachin Tendulkar. The latter reached the landmark of 49 hundred in the Asia Cup 2012 game against Bangladesh. With this, the Master Blaster reached his 100th international hundred, combining all formats.

Now, with the 50th hundred, Kohli is the all-time most century getter across eras in ODI cricket. He has done it only in his 15-year career, compared to Sachin who took 23 years. Meanwhile, in this listicle, we will have a look at the top five achievements of the two-time World event winner.

Top five achievements of Virat Kohli

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1. 26 centuries in ODI chases

While Kohli now has 50 hundreds, 26 (which is more than 50 percent) have come in run chases. Compared to Sachin, Kohli has nine more hundred in run chases. The former has 17 hundreds in the second innings. Both players are known as the chasing masters during their playing eras.  

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2. Most double hundreds as Test captain

During his captaincy stint in Tests from December 2014 to January 2022, he hit seven double hundreds. Four of them came during the 2016-17 as the team played four-Test series against West Indies, England, New Zealand, and Australia. During this season, he was like a dream to watch across formats.  

3. Has a record of being involved in the most long partnerships

 The 2008 U19 World Cup-winning skipper has the record of being involved in most 200-plus partnerships. Kohli has been involved in 13 200-plus partnerships. Behind him, current India skipper Rohit Sharma is at five, putting him at number two for the team.

4. Most runs in an IPL season

The Royal Challengers Bangalore player had a dream year in 2016 across all formats for India and his IPL franchise. After a successful T20 World Cup with the bat, the right-hander scored 973 runs in 16 games including the final and four hundreds. In 2022, Jos Buttler tried his best but managed to get 863 runs, including four hundreds, equalling Kohli's record.

5. Highest average as Test captain

The two-time World Test Championship finalist had an astonishing average of 72.65 across 95 matches. In these matches, he accumulated 5,449 runs. Behind him, MS Dhoni had 6,641 runs at a noteworthy average of 53.5 across 200 games while Sourav Ganguly scored 5,104 runs over 147 matches, maintaining a batting average of 38.66.