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Virat Kohli said goodbye to Test cricket on 12 May. With this, the 14 -year -long era ended. Virat Kohli made many big records as a batsman. Also did wonders in captaincy. Virat Kohli under his leadership brought Indian Test cricket to new heights. As captain, he scored a total of 5864 runs, with his average of 54.80. Under the captaincy of Kohli, Team India kept the number one crown in the ICC Test rankings between 2016 and 2021 on its head.
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Virat Kohli has made many big records in Test cricket. He is the highest 7 double century batsmen for India. He also has a record of playing the biggest innings as an Indian captain in Tests. He played an unmatched innings of 254 unbeaten 254 against South Africa in Pune in 2019.
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Kohli’s bat has also spoken a lot against Australia. He has scored 7 centuries against the Kangaroos, which is the record of the highest Test century by any Indian against Australia. In the 2014-15 Test series, he did a unique feat of hitting 4 centuries in a series.
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As captain, Virat, by winning 9 consecutive Test series between 2015 and 2017, equaled the world record of Australia veteran Ricky Ponting. Also, the record of scoring 20 centuries as Test captain is also recorded in him. Not only this, Virat Kohli is the only captain in the history of Tests, whose names have 7 double centuries in Tests.
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Virat Kohli performed brilliantly with the bat. This is the reason that in 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2023, he was the highest Test century Indian batsman. In the year 2018, he achieved 937 rating points in the ICC Test rankings, the best among the Indian batsmen.
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Virat Kohli scored 9230 runs in 210 innings of 123 Tests, scoring 30 centuries. King Kohli is the fourth most successful Indian Test batsman in the Test after veteran Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar.