5 world records broken by Virat Kohli in 2017

Fastest to 8000 and 9000 ODI runs

Both records were previously held by AB de Villiers

Virat Kohli began the year still looking to get to 8,000 ODI runs. By the end of the year, the Indian captain finished with the world record for the fastest to 8,000 and 9,000 ODI runs, taking both records off of his Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate Virat Kohli.

During the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 semi-final against Bangladesh, Kohli broke the record for being the fastest to score 8,000 ODI runs. He got there in just 175 innings, seven fewer than AB de Villiers took, when he claimed the record in 2015.

Before the end of the year, he had broken the record for being the fastest to 9,000 as well. The Indian captain got to 9,000 runs in just 194 innings, thereby becoming the first batsman to reach that mark inside 200 innings. The previous record of AB de Villiers, which was set in February 2017 against New Zealand was broken by Kohli against New Zealand in Kanpur barely eight months later.