Most runs by Indian captain on an away tour

#3 Virat Kohli in Sri Lanka 2017 (573 runs with two hundreds)

Virat Kohli returned to the island nation in 2017, a place where he started his international career nine years ago, and he made it memorable with both his bat and also the results that ensued.

While he had a sub-standard Test series according to his standards but he quickly made amends in the limited-overs leg of the tour with a sublime 82 in the first game followed by a pristine 131 off 96 balls that deflated the Sri Lankans into submission as India amassed 5-375 in their fifty overs.

Kohli was at it again in the fifth match when he scored his eighth ton against Sri Lanka and 30th overall. Virat maintained his superlative form in the one-off T20 too as his 82 helped India register a 9-0 whitewash of Sri Lanka across formats. In totality, he scored 573 across nine fixtures with three superlative tons.