On this day in 2018, experienced Indian batsman Virat Kohli made his international debut. He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in Dambulla. In his first match, Virat Kohli failed to score big and was out after scoring 12 runs. Kohli’s wicket was taken by Nuwan Kulasekara.

The great batsman scored his first half-century in the fourth match of this ODI series played in Colombo. He played a brilliant innings of 54 runs in 66 balls in this match. Not only this, Kohli scored his first century against Sri Lanka in Eden Gardens in December 2009.

The performance of this player has always been very good in international cricket. Let us tell you, Virat Kohli has so far scored 8848 runs in 113 Test matches at an average of 49.15, which includes 29 centuries and 30 half-centuries. Talking about ODIs, Kohli has scored 13906 runs in 295 matches at an average of 58.18, which includes 50 centuries and 72 half-centuries.

Virat Kohli has retired from the T20 format. He had scored 4188 runs in 125 matches in this format at a strike rate of 137.04. Today we tell you about five such incredible records that Virat Kohli has made in international cricket.

1- Virat Kohli is the first batsman to score 50 centuries in ODIs

Virat Kohli is the only batsman so far to have scored 50 centuries in ODIs. He achieved this feat against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in the first semi-final of the ODI World Cup 2023. He scored 117 runs in 113 balls in this match.

During his innings, Kohli hit 9 fours and 2 sixes. Virat Kohli has scored 10 centuries against Sri Lanka so far. Not only this, he has scored 9 centuries against West Indies.