Know all ICC records of Virat Kohli since his debut in international cricket

subhradeep-choudhury — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 13:06:02 GMT

Virat Kohli's all ICC records.

Virat Kohli made his international debut in 2008 against Sri Lanka in Dambulla after their regular opening batter, Virender Sehwag, picked up an injury and was ruled out of the encounter. Since then, he has broken several records with the bat and his leadership abilities across the three formats of the game.

Kohli is currently the third leading run-getter of international cricket. The right-handed batter has smashed 27599 runs for India in 617 innings at an average of 52.27 and a strike rate of nearly 80, with the help of 82 centuries and 143 half-centuries at the best score of unbeaten 254 runs. He last appeared in action during the IPL 2025 final for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Virat recently retired from the longest format just before the five-match Test series against England. The Delhi-born drilled 9230 runs in the red-ball format of the 210 innings at an average of just under 47 and a strike rate of 55, scoring 31 half-centuries and 30 centuries at the best score of unbeaten 254 runs.

Know all records of Virat Kohli since his international debut

During the ICC knockout clashes, Virat is the second-highest run-getter across the world. The right-handed batter has notched up 747 runs in 17 innings at an average of 74.70 in knockouts with a strike rate of 90, with six half-centuries and one century at the best score of unbeaten 100 runs.

The former Indian captain is the second-highest run-getter in the history of the World Cup. He has scored over 1795 runs in 37 innings at an average of 60 and a strike rate of over 88, scoring 12 half-centuries and five centuries at the best score of 117 runs. He is just behind Sachin Tendulkar, who stays at the top with 2278 runs in 44 innings at an average of 56.95.

Kohli has also smashed most boundaries in the ICC events. He has also earned most ‘Player of the match’ and ‘payer of the tournament’ awards with most runs and 50+ scores in the ICC knockouts. For India, he has the joint-most player of the match awards in the knockouts for the Blue Brigade.