Stats: Records held by Virat Kohli in ODI cricket

Virat Kohli continued his sensational runs in ODI cricket as he struck an unbeaten 96 in the semi-final and shared a century stand with Rohit Sharma to take his side to the Champions Trophy final. Kohli, often regarded as chase master has once again came true to the expectations with an unbeaten knock and went past 8000 runs in the ODI format to become the fastest player to reach the milestone.

Here we look at some of his records in the ODI format so far:

5 – Number of players including Virat who have scored centuries against all the 10 Test playing nations in ODI cricket. Ricky Ponting, Herschelle Gibbs, Sachin Tendulkar and Hashim Amla are the other 4.

13 to 27 – He is the 2nd fastest to score 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th century and the fastest to score 26th and the 27th ton in ODIs.

15 – Centuries scored by Kohli in successful run-chases in ODI cricket; the most by any player.

17 – Number of centuries he has scored while chasing in ODIs so far; the joint-most by any player. Sachin Tendulkar also has scored 17 hundreds in the second innings in ODI cricket.

24 – Number of centuries the Indian skipper has scored in day/night ODI matches; the 2nd most by any player. Sachin Tendulkar has 28 centuries in day/night ODI games.

27 – Centuries scored by Virat in ODIs so far; the 4th most by any player in this format. Only Sachin Tendulkar (49), Ricky Ponting (30), Sanath Jayasuriya (28) have more hundreds than Kohli in ODIs.

66.44 – His batting average while chasing in ODIs; the highest for any player. (Min: 1000 runs)

73.29 – His batting average in wins in ODIs; the highest for any player in this format. (Min: 1000 runs)

80.50 – Kohli’s batting average as captain in ODIs; the highest for any player as captain in this format. (Min: 10 innings played)

95.20 – His batting average in successful run-chases in ODIs; the 2nd highest for any player. (Min: 1000 runs) MS Dhoni averages 97.36 in successful chases in ODIs.

104.80 – His batting average in the Champions Trophy; the highest for any player in the tournament. (Min: 5 innings played)

4000 to 8000 – Virat is the fastest to 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000 and 8000 runs in ODIs for India. He also stands in the top 3 fastest to those milestones.