More landmarks for Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli becomes the first batsman to score 20,000 runs in a decade, the fastest to score 10,000 runs as captain, and the first batsman to hit three consecutive ODI centuries in the Caribbean.

Virat Kohli celebrates his ton in the third ODI against the West Indies on August 14.

20,000

The number of runs scored by Virat Kohli this decade, becoming the first batsman in cricket history to achieve this landmark in international cricket. The previous best was 18,962 runs by Australian Ricky Ponting during the earlier decade 2000-2009.

Most international runs scored in a decade

Batsman	For	Runs	Decade	Matches	Innings	Not-outs	Highest score	Average	Hundreds	Fifties
Virat Kohli	India	20018	2010-19	371	413	62	243	57.03	67	92
Ricky Ponting	Australia+	18,962	2000-09	363	430	48	257	49.63	55	98
Jacques Kallis	South Africa+	16,777	2000-09	329	390	67	189*	51.94	38	102
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka+	16,304	2000-09	393	441	42	374	40.86	34	79
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka+	15,999	2000-09	370	411	38	287	42.89	31	88
Sachin Tendulkar	India	15,962	2000-09	301	358	34	248*	49.26	42	80
Rahul Dravid	India+	15,853	2000-09	334	391	54	270	47.04	27	104
Hashim Amla	South Africa+	15,185	2010-19	286	345	29	311*	48.05	47	68
Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan+	14,953	2000-09	318	357	45	223	47.92	36	79
Matthew Hayden	Australia+	14,519	2000-09	253	324	31	380	49.55	39	67

 

Most international runs scored by decade

Decade	Batsman	For	Runs	Matches	Innings	Not-outs	Highest score	Average	Hundreds	Fifties
1950-59	Neil Harvey	Australia	4,573	56	99	8	205	50.25	15	19
1960-69	Ken Barrington	England	6,397	75	122	15	256	59.78	20	31
1970-79	Sunil Gavaskar	India	5,901	69	117	9	221	54.63	22	27
1980-89	Allan Border	Australia	12,083	280	335	54	205	43.00	23	72
1990-99	Sachin Tendulkar	India	14,197	297	330	34	217	47.96	46	65
2000-09	Ricky Ponting	Australia+	18,962	363	430	48	257	49.63	55	98
2010-19	Virat Kohli	India	20018	371	413	62	243	57.03	67	92

+ Also appeared for other sides.

10,000

The number of runs scored by Virat Kohli as a captain in all international games. He became the sixth captain in cricket history to reach this landmark, which he is the quickest to reach in terms of innings.

Runs as captain in international matches

Runs	Captain	For	Matches	Innings	Not-outs	Highest score	Average	Hundreds	Fifties
15,440	Ricky Ponting	Australia+	324	376	37	209	45.54	41	88
14,878	Graeme Smith	South Africa+	286	368	23	277	43.12	33	77
11,561	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	303	348	24	274*	35.68	15	69
11,207	M. S. Dhoni	India	332	330	91	224	46.89	11	71
11,062	Allan Border	Australia	271	319	51	205	41.27	17	63
10,027	Virat Kohli	India	151	176	25	243	66.40	39	34

+ Also captained other sides.

 

Fewest innings to reach to 10,000 international runs as captain

Innings	Captain	For	Matches	Opponent	Venue	Date	Format	Runs	Average	Hundreds	Fifties
176	Virat Kohli	India	151	West Indies	Port of Spain	August 14, 2019	ODI	10,027	66.40	39	34
225	Ricky Ponting	Australia	204	New Zealand	Hobart	December 20, 2007	ODI	10,037	52.27	30	54
240	Graeme Smith	South Africa	191	Australia	Perth	December 20, 2008	Test	10,106	45.11	23	54
284	M. S. Dhoni	India	275	Australia	Melbourne	December 30, 2014	Test	10,018	48.16	11	66
288	Allan Border	Australia	242	England	Leeds	July 23, 1993	Test	10,162	42.16	16	60
307	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	265	West Indies	Napier	March 1, 2006	ODI	10,051	35.26	12	62

 

3

The number of consecutive ODI centuries scored by Virat Kohli in the Caribbean, becoming the first batsman to achieve this feat. Six other batsmen have made two consecutive centuries in the West Indies.

Two or more consecutive ODI centuries registered in the West Indies

Hundreds	Batsman	For	Period	Scores
3	Virat Kohli	India	July 6, 2017-August 14, 2019	111*, 120, 114*
2	Desmond Haynes	West Indies	April 19-26, 1984	102*, 104*
2	Geoff Marsh	Australia	March 13-20, 1991	113, 106*
2	Phil Simmons	West Indies	April 7-12, 1992	122, 104
2	Wavell Hinds	West Indies	May 30-June 1, 2003	125*, 103*
2	Matthew Hayden	Australia	March 24-28, 2007	101, 158
2	Joe Root	England	March 9, 2017-February 20, 2019	101, 102

Note: Rohit Sharma is the only batsman to register three consecutive ODI centuries in England, achieving this recently during the World Cup.

Queries Corner In the Lord’s Test match against Ireland, England’s Jack Leach batted at No. 11 in the first innings and then at No. 1 in the second innings. Has any other player done this in Tests? – Rajesh Kamath, Chennai. In Test cricket history, 17 players have opened the innings and batted at No. 11 in the same Test match. But Jack Leach is the only second player to do so on the opening day of a Test match. Leach emulated another Englishman, Harry Butt, who on debut, way back on February 13, 1896, at Port Elizabeth batted at No. 11 in the first innings and then batted at No. 2 in the second innings on the opening day of the Test. Lasith Malinga recently claimed a wicket off the final ball of his career. How many others have done this in ODIs? – Ramesh Narayan, Surat. In ODI cricket several players have achieved this. However, Lasith Malinga became the only second Sri Lankan player after Tony Opatha to achieve this. Opatha in his final ODI at Manchester against India in the 1979 World Cup claimed the wicket of Bishan Singh Bedi off the final ball of the match, when Sri Lanka created an upset beating India by 47 runs! How often has Virat Kohli gone without an ODI century in terms of innings? – Akhil Shetty, Bangalore. The longest Virat Kohli has gone without an ODI century is 17 innings from February 27, 2011, to September 11, 2011. During this period he hit four half-centuries, with a highest of 94. His next longest innings without an ODI century is 16 innings from August 4, 2012, to July 2, 2013. Is it true that Indian batsmen have the highest run aggregates against the West Indies in all three formats? – Ajit Kumar Goyal, Kolkata. 2,749 – Sunil Gavaskar 2,146 – Virat Kohli 425 – Rohit Sharma 2,365 – Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 1,930 – Javed Miandad (Pakistan) 423 – Alex Hales (England)

Note: All figures are updated as on August 16, 2019.