Virat Kohli - The King

10/03/2025

A Total Team Effort for the Trophy 🥳🔥

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08/02/2025

History made! 🏏

Nathan Lyon becomes the 3rd Australian and 7th bowler ever to reach the legendary 550-wicket mark in Test cricket! 🔥👏

What a milestone for the Aussie legend! 🇦🇺🐐

22/01/2025

𝗩𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶'𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲 (2010-2020):

20,396 runs – 5,775 runs more than second top scorer.

The first and only player in history to score 20,000 runs in international cricket in a single decade.

50+ average in all three formats of the game at the same time. No player achieved that before.

All format average of 56.97 average. The highest amongst any batsman with 70+ innings.

66 Hundreds – Second highest were 44.

94 Fifties – The most by any player.

The most catches, boundaries, man of the match and man of the series awards in international cricket among all players.

The only player in history to score 10,000+ ODI runs in a single decade.

9 ICC awards. The most by any cricketer in the history of the game.

ICC Player of The World Cup twice.

World Cup Winner 🏆 Champions Trophy Winner 🏆

5 Test Maces as captain 🥇

The only player ever to be in the ICC Teams of the decade of all three formats.

The captain of the ICC Test Team of the decade.

There has never been a more dominating decade by any individual ever in the history of this sport. The King not only played with equal amount of consistency in all three formats but rather stamped his ruthless domination in international cricket across all the formats for 10 years straight. Truly incredible in all senses. Just out of this world! 👏

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12/01/2025

The commercialisation of cricket & the advent of T20s in the past decade has meant test matches rarely go in to day 5 these days. They get over in 3-4 days. Hence, this record will stand the test of time. I don't see it broken at all in a zillion years. It is the most number of balls faced by a batter in test cricket: a small matter of 31258 balls by Rahul Dravid. The next best is 29437 by Sachin. Aaanaapatta Sachin being outbatted by Dravid by 2000 balls.

Inference: Dravid is/was/will be the most difficult batsman to dislodge in test history.

Breaking down most balls faced in test cricket (country wise)

Rahul Dravid (IND): 31258
Jack Kallis (RSA): 28903
Shiv Chanderpaul (WI): 27395
Allan Border (AUS): 27002
Alaistar Cook (ENG): 26562
Kumar Sangakkara (SL): 22882
Younis Khan (PAK): 19375
Stephen Fleming (NZ): 15652
Mushfiqur Rahim (BANG): 9240

Breaking it down even further with most balls faced/innings in test cricket:

Dravid: 109.3
Kallis: 103.2
Border: 101.9
Sanga: 98.2
Kane: 96.3
Chanderpaul: 97.8
Atherton: 97.2
Pujara: 92.1
Smith: 91.7
Cook: 91.3
Mahela: 91.1
Younis Khan: 91
Sachin: 89.5
Steve Waugh: 86.4
Amla: 86.4
Lara: 85.1
Root: 81.17
Ponting: 79.8
Kohli: 79.1

There've only been 3 cricketers in history to have batted more than 100 balls/innings in history & Dravid comfortably leads the next best by 6 balls/innings.

Golden Three:
Sachin 89.5
Lara 85.1
Ponting 79.8.

Fab 4:
Kane: 96.3
Smith: 91.7
Root 81.17
Kohli: 79.1

The Wall: 109.3

Basic math & an extensive cricket knowledge are the requisites to understand the enormity of the numbers mentioned in this post.

Indha inglees laam venam, local'aa ellarkum puriyara maari solnum na, there can/has been/will be only one Rahul Dravid in cricket.

The Silent Guardian, The Watchful Protector, The Dark Knight.

10/01/2025

Virat Kohli made his Intl Debut 🐐
Since then
Most runs - 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 (26942)
Most 50s - 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 (140)
Most 100s - 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 (81)
Most 150s - 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 (16)
Most 200s - 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 (7)
Most 4s - 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 (2662)
Most Boundaries - 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 (2963)
Most M.O.M - 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 (67)
Most M.O.S - 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 (21)
Most ICC runs - 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 (3736)
Most ICC 50s - 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 (32)
Most ICC M.O.M - 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 (13)
Most ICC M.O.S - 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 (3)
Most ICC Awards - 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 (1O)

09/01/2025

Botham's Ashes (1981)
Klusener's World Cup (1999)
Bumrah's BGT (2024-25)

32 wickets at 13.06, Eco 2.76, SR 28.37. Player of the Series! 🏆

- The only bowler in history with 200+ test wickets a sub-20 average. 205 wickets at 19.4, SR 42
- The #1 Indian on the ICC Test Bowling Rating list with 907 points

History will remember how one man inspired an entire generation of Indian kids who grow up idolised batters to take up fast bowling. The man of action. The streets will remember this, champ.

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17/12/2024

The number of centuries in each format for all the Fab Four stars 💯🤩

Joe Root is now reigning in Test cricket 🥇

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P.S. IPL is not taken into account.

25/11/2024

04/11/2024

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𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶's All 80 Intl Centuries

Format Wise
50 - ODI
29 - TEST
1 - T20I

Opponents Wise
16 - AUS
15 - SL
12 - WI
9 - NZ
8 - ENG
8 - SA
7 - BAN
3 - PAK
1 - ZIM
1 - AFG

Country Wise
38 - IND
11 - AUS
7 - SL
6 - BAN
6 - WI
5 - SA
3 - ENG
2 - NZ
1 - ZIM
1 - UAE

Year Wise
11 - 2018
11 - 2017
8 - 2014
8 - 2012
8 - 2023
7 - 2019
7 - 2016
6 - 2013
4 - 2015
4 - 2011
3 - 2010
2 - 2022
1 - 2009

Age Wise
21 - 3
22 - 4
23 - 8
24 - 6
25 - 5
26 - 8
27 - 5
28 - 10
29 - 13
30 - 7
31 - 1
32 - 0
33 - 1
34 - 7
35 - 2

Result Wise
56 - Won
14 - Lost
9 - Drawn
1 - Tied

Under Each Captain
41 - Under Himself
25 - Dhoni
8 - Rohit
3 - Sehwag
2 - Rahul
1 - Gambhir

Innings Wise
42 - 2nd Inning
33 - 1st Inning
3 - 3rd Inning
2 - 4th Inning

Batting Position Wise
43 - 3rd
32 - 4th
3 - 5th
1 - 2nd
1 - 6th

Day Wise
22 - Sunday
5 - Monday
7 - Tuesday
11 - Wednesday
15 - Thursday
9 - Friday
11 - Saturday

Date Wise
1 - 1
2 - 4
3 - 1
4 - 0
5 - 4
6 - 1
7 - 1
8 - 4
9 - 1
10 - 4
11 - 4
12 - 1
13 - 3
14 - 1
15 - 7
16 - 5
17 - 4
18 - 3
19 - 3
20 - 4
21 - 4
22 - 2
23 - 2
24 - 4
25 - 0
26 - 3
27 - 1
28 - 3
29 - 2
30 - 1
31 - 2

Month Wise
Jan - 11
Feb - 10
Mar - 5
Apr - 0
May - 0
Jun - 0
July - 8
Aug - 6
Sep - 5
Oct - 16
Nov - 8
Dec - 11

Reaching Centuries by Hitting
1 run - 34
2 runs - 14
4 runs - 26
6 runs - 6

Non-striker Wise (In each Century)
12 - Rahane
8 - Dhoni
7 - Raina
7 - Rohit
5 - Jadeja
3 - Rahul
3 - Gambhir
3 - Ashwin
3 - Kedar
3 - Shreyas
2 - Yusuf
2 - Dhawan
2 - M Vijay
2 - Pujara
2 - Hardik
2 - Pant
2 - Axar
1 - Dravid
1 - Ishant
1 - Rayudu
1 - Binny
1 - Manish
1 - Jayant
1 - Karthik
1 - Shami
1 - V Shankar
1 - Umesh
1 - Bhuvi
1 - Vihari

Over Wise Reaching Centuries
9 - 43rd Over
7 - 38th Over
6 - 42nd Over
4 - 35th Over
3 - 40th Over
3 - 44th Over
2 - 27th Over
2 - 41st Over
2 - 47th Over
2 - 48th Over
2 - 49th Over
2 - 50th Over
2 - 63rd Over
2 - 69th Over
2 - 81st Over
2 - 85th Over
2 - 87th Over
2 - 92nd Over
1 - 19th Over
1 - 25th Over
1 - 32nd Over
1 - 31st Over
1 - 36th Over
1 - 39th Over
1 - 45th Over
1 - 52nd Over
1 - 62nd Over
1 - 65th Over
1 - 67th Over
1 - 68th Over
1 - 74th Over
1 - 94th Over
1 - 97th Over
1 - 30th Over
1 - 89th Over
1 - 91st Over
1 - 107th Over
1 - 109th Over
1 - 115th Over
1 - 119th Over
1 - 121st Over
1 - 139th Over

Ground Wise
5 - Adelaide
4 - Vizag
4 - Kolkata
4 - Pune
4 - Port of Spain, Trinidad
4 - Colombo
4 - Mirpur
4 - Nagpur
3 - Mumbai
2 - Delhi
2 - Guwahati
2 - Galle
2 - Ranchi
2 - Chennai
2 - Melbourne
2 - Centurion
1 - Wellington
1 - Hobart
1 - Dubai
1 - Birmingham
1 - Kanpur
1 - Thiruvananthapuram
1 - Harare
1 - Dharamshala
1 - Indore
1 - Mohali
1 - Fatullah
1 - Durban
1 - Bengaluru
1 - Hambantota
1 - Canberra
1 - Napier
1 - Ahmedabad
1 - Capetown
1 - Perth
1 - Hyderabad
1 - Jamaica
1 - Rajkot
1 - Jaipur
1 - Antigua
1 - Cardiff
1 - Sydney
1 - Johannesburg
1 - Nottingham
1 - Chattogram
1 - Guwahati