5 Records that Virat Kohli can break before he retires

Virat Kohli, the 29-year-old cricketer, is the best batsman in the world of cricket right now. Kohli has run chases for breakfast and wears his passion on his sleeves. He burst into the limelight when he led his U19 team to a World Cup glory in 2008.

Virat was a part of World Cup winning team at 22 which many greats of the game could not achieve in their illustrious career, but Kohli still could not create the impact that most people expected out of him.

Then came the tri-series in Australia where India needed to score 320 runs in 40 overs to keep their hopes alive in the tournament. Many experts had already written India out of the match, but the lad from Delhi had other ideas.

Kohli smashed 133 runs off just 86 balls to take India home in just 36 overs. India may have failed to qualify for the finals of the tournament, but that inning was the coming-of-age for Virat Kohli and what followed next is just history.

Records are now part and parcel of Virat Kohli's life. He has already scored 35 ODI centuries, 23 Test centuries, 4 IPL tons, and add to that 6 Test double hundred. This is just the landmarks that Virat Kohli - The Batsman, has crossed.

Virat - The Captain, has 22 Test match wins which is just 5 short of that of MS Dhoni's record of 27 Test wins as a captain. Virat's win percentage of 77.55 in ODIs is the highest for any Indian captain in ODIs who has led his side for more than 40 matches.

Virat Kohli has already been in the international circuit for 10 years and will continue to serve his country for at least 6-8 years to come. Here are 5 possible records that Virat Kohli can break in the years to follow.

#5 Most Test double centuries

Virat Kohli always made hundreds in Test cricket on a regular basis but what he lacked was the ability to convert them into big daddy hundreds. On 22nd July 2016, Kohli scored his maiden Test double hundred. Fast- forward one year, Virat had already scored 6 double centuries to his name.

This speaks volume about how much importance Virat gives to Test cricket and the efforts that he puts to become the best possible version of himself. With 11 double hundreds, Sir Don Bradman holds the record for most number of double hundreds in Test cricket.

It will take a special effort from King Kohli to surpass such a huge number. But with a long home season to follow after the WC 2019, Kohli can very well break this above-said record. He is already the first batsman to score 6 double tons as captain.

#4 Most ODI Hundred

The record for most tons in ODI cricket is currently being chased by the chase-master. Virat Kohli has been phenomenal in ODI, and the number backs him up. Virat has already hit 35 tons in the 50-overs format of the game and is just 14 short of matching his idol's record of 49 ODI tons.

The consistency shown by Virat in ODIs strengthens the belief that he can surpass the record in near future. Another reason for this is that Virat generally takes only 6 matches to score a century. If he can maintain this rate, then chase-master can chase this record in just 85 matches.

#3 Team India's most successful Test captain

Mahendra Singh Dhoni currently holds the record for most Test wins for an Indian captain with 27, and his retirement from Test cricket came as big blow to the Indian cricket, as his shoes are one of the hardest to fill. Virat Kohli made sure the transition happened smoothly.

Virat's current tenure as a captain can be easily said as the golden era of fast bowlers. The current crop of fast bowlers is one of the major reason for India's huge success. Virat is currently on the verge to become the most successful Indian Test captain, he has already won 22 matches as captain.

#2 Most runs in T20Is

In an era of batsman like Chris Gayle and Ab De Villiers who approach T20 cricket with brute force and innovative shots, Virat proved that orthodox shots and textbook stuff can also bring success.

Even though Virat Kohli has never tasted a T20 WC success, he has won two consecutive player of the tournament awards in 2014 and 2016 respectively. Virat is currently 4th on the list of most runs scorers in international T20 with 2102 runs, and it is almost inevitable that Virat Kohli will become the highest run scorer by the time he hangs his boots.

#1 Highest ODI run scorer of all-time

Every young player's dream is to replicate the success of his idol. This is the same motive that has made him the best batsman in the world. Virat is one of the billions of people whom Sachin has inspired, and it will be great if he breaks the Master Blaster's record of most runs in ODI cricket.

Virat has nearly scored 10K runs in ODI, and he is just 29 years old. The period of 28-33 is generally the prime time for the career of a cricketer. In the next 5 years, India is expected to play 130 ODIs, assuming that Kohli plays at least 100 of them and also keeping the recent form of Kohli in the mind, one can predict that King Kohli can become the leading ODI run scorer of all time.