Stats: Virat Kohli's record breaking 160-run knock in numbers

Virat Kohli once again set an example of leading from the front with an unbeaten 160-run innings in the Cape Town ODI to help India to continue their domination in the series. After coming to bat in the 2nd over of the innings, Kohli put on a 140-run stand for the 2nd wicket with Shikhar Dhawan but was short of support after that. Anchoring the innings with an unbeaten knock in hot conditions, Kohli guided India’s total to 303/6.

All the stats and numbers that Virat Kohli recorded with his unbeaten 160-run knock:

1 – Virat Kohli became the first visiting captain to score multiple centuries in a bilateral ODI series in South Africa. He is the 4th visiting player to score more than one hundred in a series against the hosts after Kevin Pietersen in 2005, David Warner and Joe Root in 2016.

3 – Number of 150+ scores in ODI cricket for Virat Kohli. Among Indian players, only Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma (5 each) have more such scores in this format.

6 – Virat Kohli aggregating 300+ runs in this series is the 6th such instance for him in a bilateral ODI series. No other player scored 300+ runs in more than four bilateral ODI series.

12 – Number of centuries in ODI format for Virat Kohli as captain. These are the most number of ODI centuries for an Indian captain. He went past Sourav Ganguly’s 11 ODI tons and stands only behind Ricky Ponting (22) and AB de Villiers (13) in the overall list.

100 – Runs Virat Kohli aggregated in non-boundary shots in this innings. He became the first Indian to score 100 runs in non-boundary shots in an ODI inning. Sourav Ganguly scored 98 out his 130-run knock in 1999 against Sri Lanka.

159 – Number of balls Kohli batted in this innings. These are the most balls he batted in an ODI inning and also the most by an Indian captain in an ODI inning. Rohit Sharma batted 153 balls during his 208* last year against Sri Lanka. Kohli’s previous longest ODI innings was off 148 balls in the 2012 Asia Cup against Pakistan where he scored 183.

160* – Kohli’s 160* is the highest individual score by an Indian in an ODI game in South Africa. He went past Sachin Tendulkar’s 152 came in 2003 CWC against Namibia.

160* – His unbeaten 160 is the 2nd highest individual score in India-South Africa ODI matches behind Sachin Tendulkar’s 200* in the 2010 Gwalior ODI.

160* – The 160-run knock by Kohli is the 2nd highest individual score for a captain against South Africa in this format. Ricky Ponting scored 164 in 2006 at Johannesburg against the hosts.

318 – Kohli’s 318 runs in this series are already the most for any player in a bilateral ODI series against South Africa. Sourav Ganguly aggregated 285 runs in 2000 home series against the Saffers.