New Delhi: Virat Kohli who turns 27 today has been the most successful Team India's cricketer. He is now the skipper of the Test Team and is expected to take over the reins of the ODI and T20 as well once Dhoni call it a day. Virat is known for his aggressive style of playing and has achieved many records at the age of 27. The most recent being scoring his 23rd ODI century and becoming the second Indian cricketer to score maximum ODI centuries after the great Sachin Tendulkar
His team mates would love to gift their skipper a win against South Africa in the first test which also co incidentally starts on his 27th birthday.
Here is some of the other lesser known facts of Team India's batting sensation and the most prolific batsman of the current Indian Team:
Virat Kohli was the captain of Indian team that won the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2008.
Virat made his India debut at the age of 19 (in ODIs) in August 2008. Only Indian to score a century on World Cup debut. He did so against Bangladesh by scoring 100* at Mirpur in February 2011.
Kohli's 183 at Mirpur in March 2012 is the highest innings by any batsman against Pakistan. It is also the joint second highest score by any batsman in a chase in ODIs.
For five consecutive calendar years (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014) Kohli was India's leading run-scorer in ODIs with 995, 1381, 1026, 1268 and 1054 runs respectively.
Only the second player to aggregate 1,000 ODI runs for four consecutive years (2011-2014) after Sourav Ganguly.
Became the first Indian captain to win an away bilateral ODI series 5-0 when he led a young Indian side against Zimbabwe in 2013.
Kohli's 52-ball hundred vs Australia at Jaipur in 2013 is the fastest ODI hundred by an Indian..
Reached the number one spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time in 2013.
Man of the tournament in ICC World T20, 2014.
Reached the number one spot in the ICC rankings for T20Is batsmen for the first time in 2014.
First player to score three centuries in his first three innings as Test captain
Youngest Indian captain to win a Test series outside India
In 2015, he became the fastest batsman in the world to 1,000 runs in T20Is
Have scored 13 hundreds in successful chases in ODIs. Only Sachin Tendulkar – with 14 – is ahead.
Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 1,000 runs in ODIs
Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 3,000 runs in ODIs
Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 4,000 runs in ODIs
Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 5,000 runs in ODIs
Fastest cricketer to reach 6,000 runs in ODIs
Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 10 centuries in ODIs and second fastest overall behind Hashim Amla
Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 15 centuries in ODIs and second fastest overall behind Hashim Amla
Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 20 centuries in ODIs and second fastest overall behind Hashim Amla
Fastest cricketer to reach 1,000 runs in T20Is
Awards:
ICC ODI Player of the Year 2012
People's Choice Awards for Favorite Sportsperson of the Year 2012
Arjuna Award 2013
2014 ICC World Twenty20 Player of the Tournament
