13 years of Virat Kohli: A look at his glorious career
By Ankur Singh
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Virat Kohli completed his 13th year in international cricket on Wednesday. He made his ODI debut for India in 2008.
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In his career span of over 13 years, Virat has represented India in 438 international matches (Tests, ODIs, and T20s) and scored 22,937 runs.
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Virat Kohli has 43 ODI centuries is second only to Sachin Tendulkar, he has scored 12,169 ODI runs at an average of 59.07.
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He also has a total of 70 International Centuries to his name and is just behind Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting.
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Virat is the fastest cricketer to reach 12,000 ODI runs in just 242 innings.
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Kohli is currently the biggest earner in the history of the IPL as he was retained by RCB for a whopping amount of 17 crores.
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In t20 internationals, Virat is the leading run-scorer of the format and averages over 50 which is the highest by any batsman.
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At just 32 years of age, Virat has won many awards including Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and ICC cricketer of the year.
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He is someone who has even created records off the field, Recently Virat became the most followed Asian on Instagram.
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