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Virat Kohli Record: Today, on 18 August 2026, former legendary captain of the Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli has completed 18 years in international cricket. Virat Kohli made his international debut on 18 August 2008 in the ODI match against Sri Lanka. In this match played in Dambulla, 19 year old Kohli started the innings with Gautam Gambhir. However, his debut was not memorable and he was out LBW by Nuwan Kulasekara after scoring 12 runs in 22 balls. India lost this match by 8 wickets. After this, Kohli created a distinct identity in international cricket with his batting.

1. Most centuries in ODI

Virat Kohli has 54 centuries in his name in ODI cricket, which is the highest in this format. He broke Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 centuries by scoring his 50th ODI century against New Zealand in the 2023 ODI World Cup. Rohit Sharma is at third place in this list with 31 centuries and no active player is included in the top-5. Therefore, this record is sure to remain in the name of Virat Kohli for years.

2. Fastest 10 thousand runs in ODI

Virat Kohli had completed 10,000 ODI runs in just 205 innings. During this time he broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar. This shows his ability to score runs consistently. Now it remains to be seen whether this record of Virat will be broken and if it is broken, then who will break it.

3. Fastest 13 thousand ODI runs

The record of scoring the fastest 13000 runs in ODI cricket is in the name of Virat Kohli. He became the fastest batsman to reach this milestone. It took 321 innings for Sachin Tendulkar to reach 13 thousand runs. It seems impossible to break this record of Virat.

4. Third batsman to score 14 thousand ODI runs

Kohli became only the third batsman in the world to complete 14,000 ODI runs in the Champions Trophy match against Pakistan in February 2025. Before him, Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara had achieved this feat.

5. Most runs in an ODI World Cup

In the 2023 ODI World Cup, Virat Kohli scored 765 runs in 11 matches. With this he made the record of scoring the most runs in a World Cup edition. He scored 3 centuries and 6 half-centuries in this tournament. It remains to be seen whether any player will ever be able to break this great record of Virat in the ODI World Cup or not.

6. India's most successful Test captain

Virat Kohli is India's most successful Test captain. While captaining in 68 Test matches, he won 40 matches, which is the highest Test win by any Indian captain. Under his captaincy, India also won the Test series in Australia for the first time and created history.

7. Most test runs as captain

As Indian Test captain, Virat Kohli scored 5,864 runs. He scored runs at an average of 54.80 in 68 Tests and is the highest run-scorer for India as captain. Breaking this record of Virat is not going to be easy for any Indian captain, because if we look at this list, there is no active batsman included in the top-5.

8. Most centuries as a Test captain

Virat Kohli scored 20 centuries while captaining India in Test cricket. This is the highest Test century by any Indian captain. Of the 27 Test centuries scored during his captaincy tenure, 20 came while he was captain.

9. 7 double centuries as captain

Virat Kohli has been a great batsman as well as a great captain. As a captain, he has made a unique record of scoring 7 double centuries in Test cricket. No other captain in the world has been able to score more Test double centuries than him. His highest score in Test is 254 runs*, which he made against South Africa in 2019. After him, Brian Lara is at second place in the list with 5 centuries. There is no active player included in the top-5. In such a situation, breaking this record does not seem possible for many years to come.

10. Most runs in T20 World Cup

Even though Virat Kohli has retired from T20 International, even today the record of most runs in the T20 World Cup remains in his name. He scored 1,292 runs in 33 innings of 35 matches between 2012 and 2024. His average was 58.72. Although some active players are involved in this race, but it remains to be seen whether this record will be broken or not and if it is broken, then who will break it.