Virat Kohli completes 17 years in international cricket: 4 ICC trophies, 27 thousand runs, see how many world records he has made

17 Years of Virat Kohli: The day of 18 August is very special for former Team India captain Virat Kohli. 17 years ago, i.e. on this day in 2008, Virat Kohli played his international debut match for the Indian team. He played his debut match against Sri Lanka in Dambulla, which was an ODI match. In that match, Kohli scored 12 runs by playing 22 balls. This match was not special for the Indian team because the Indian team lost this match by 8 wickets. Virat Kohli has never looked back after playing his debut match. At the age of 17, he scored a lot of runs in his career. Kohli has played 550 matches for the Indian team so far, in which he has scored 27,599 runs at an average of 52.27. Kohli has scored 82 centuries and 143 half-centuries in international cricket. During this time, he has hit 306 sixes and 2721 fours.

Virat Kohli has won many trophies in his international career so far. Kohli was a part of the Indian team that won the ODI World Cup in 2011. Then he made an important contribution to Team India's victory in the International Champions Trophy in 2013 and 2025. He was also a part of the Indian team that won the trophy in the T20 World Cup 2024. Under Kohli's captaincy, the Indian team remained at number one in the international test rankings for a long time.

A pile of awards in international cricket

Virat Kohli won the title of 'Player of the Tournament' in the T20 World Cup 2016. Then he was also the 'Player of the Series' in the Cricket World Cup in 2023. Virat Kohli won the 'Player of the Match' award 43 times in ODIs, while Kohli has been the 'Player of the Match' 16 times in T20Is. The 36-year-old Kohli has won the 'Player of the Match' award 10 times in Tests. Virat Kohli said goodbye to T20 Internationals after the T20 World Cup 2024. Then on May 12 this year, Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket as well. After retirement from T20Is and Tests, Kohli can only play ODI cricket for India.