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Virat Kohli’s name is about to be written in the book of history when he takes the field in the second Test against West Indies in Trinidad. The second Test against the Men in Maroon will be his 500th appearance in international cricket. Kohli has become one of the superstars and greats of the game. The Delhi batter has constantly kept on pushing the boundaries and making himself a better cricketer over the years.
With his amazing fitness regimen, it looks like Kohli is ageing like a fine wine and will continue to play for many more years for India. When it comes to the Test format, he has amassed 8555 runs at an average of 48.88. The right-handed batter has scored 28 hundreds and 29 fifties. His highest score in red ball cricket is an unbeaten 254. Kohli is at no 5 on the charts when it comes to India’s top run scorers in the longer format and has cemented his prowess by scoring runs all around the globe.
When it comes to double centuries, Kohli stamps his class over there as well. He has hit seven of them in Test cricket which is the most scored by an Indian batter. When it comes to captaincy Kohli redefined the Indian Test cricket revolution as the fast bowlers blossomed under his reign and India also started to win more matches and series abroad. The 34-year-old has a stellar record when he served as the captain of India in Test cricket. Kohli has won 40 Tests, drawn 11 and lost only 17.
Kohli also had a superb win percentage of 58.22. Under his leadership, India won their maiden series in Australia in 2018. Kohli has 44.90 noteworthy numbers against the West Indies as well. Kohli made his Test debut in the Caribbean. Against the Men in Maroon Kohli has accumulated 898 runs in 15 matches at an average of 44.90. He has scored two centuries and six half-centuries. His highest score of 200. When it comes to ODI Kohli has racked up 12898 runs at an average of 57.32.
Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter:
And special mention :- our of 499, 115 are T20 games.. that's special ..
— Surajeet Singh (@SurajeetSingh4) July 19, 2023
Don't forget that #kingkohli played 115 t20i matches in those 499 international matches whereas both of them didn't play a single t20i game at that moment and in ODIs and test it is easier to score more runs as compared to t20is
Hail #kingkohli 🙌— Pratik Ray (@PratikRay1407) July 19, 2023
Kohli's immense fitness passion ensures he'll easily play for more 6 years.
With at least 25 international matches per year, that's a staggering more 150 matches in total.— Abhinav Singh (@ProteinEnforcer) July 19, 2023
Legendary player pic.twitter.com/k0bWsNF15h
— Popat Hamhead (@Rasgullah786) July 20, 2023
Fucking legend, not even a close comparison to this new age God of cricket 🥵🥵🥵🙏
— Neel (@whyysoocuriouss) July 20, 2023
The King , The God of cricket, The Superstar, The GOAT , The Conqueror, The Genius, The Runmachine, The face of World cricket, The Viraaaaaaaaat Kohli …. Take a bow 🔥👑❤️🐐🙌🙌🙌
— Yash×Kohlistani (@Yashkohlistani) July 20, 2023
Everything belongs to King Kohli 💯🫶
— Abhishek🎀 (@heyabheee) July 20, 2023
Clean sweep pic.twitter.com/HQRZhwdNkc
— ᦓꪖꪀᦔꪗ (@imDarkRanger) July 20, 2023
राजा 👑 pic.twitter.com/UNqjL7eKk4
— Shivam. (@shivamkumar142) July 20, 2023
Virat Kohli the brand of cricket 🤌🏻
— Rudraditya (@rudraditya100) July 20, 2023
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