Run machine turns 30 - A recap to 30 'Virat' records of King Kohli

#18 Centuries in all 350+ chases

If chasing is an art, then Virat Kohli is the Picasso of it. The Delhi batsman has gunned the most impracticable targets with extreme ease. India have chased down scores in excess of 350 on three occasions, twice against Australia, and once against England. Virat has scored a century in all of these games, remaining unbeaten on both the occasions versus the Aussies.

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#17 Wicket on the 0th ball of T20Is

Virat Kohli, the batsman making records is not an uncommon feature in world cricket, but he also has a unique bowling record to his name. In a T20I against England in 2011, the 22-year Kohli was handed the ball for the first time by skipper MS Dhoni, in a bid to lure the batsmen. The ploy worked, as Virat bowled down the leg side and Kevin Pietersen charged down to attack, missing the length completely. MSD collected the wide delivery and dislodged the bails in a jiffy. The figures read, "Zero balls, Zero runs, 1 wicket", thus making it a unique feat for Kohli.

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#16 Hundreds in the opening games of successive World Cups

Virat Kohli made his World Cup debut in 2011, against co-hosts Bangladesh in the opening game of the tournament. He became the first Indian to score a hundred on World Cup debut, as he scored an unbeaten 100 off 83 balls. 4 years later, India took on Pakistan in their opening game at The Adelaide Oval, Australia. Kohli breached the three-figure mark once again, as he scored 107 off 126 balls. Kohli not only became the first Indian to score a century against Pakistan in World Cup, but also the only player to have scored a hundred in the opening games of successive World Cups.

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#15 Most runs in a bilateral series

The talismanic Indian batsman was on fire in the 6-match ODI series against the Proteas in February 2018. Kohli ripped apart the South African bowling attack at their own background, as he amassed 558 runs in 6 games, at a hair-raising average of 186, with 3 hundreds and 1 fifty. Kohli bettered the record of his team mate Rohit Sharma.

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#14 Most runs in a calendar year in T20Is

Virat Kohli was on a totally another planet in the shortest format of the game in 2016. He conquered every bastion of T20 cricket in his capacity as a batsman. He made a record 641 runs at a jaw-dropping average of 106.83 and 7 fifties, making it the highest aggregate of runs in a calendar year in the shortest format.

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#13 Fastest to 1000 ODI runs in a calendar year

The Run Machine continued his record breaking streak in the recent past, this time breaking the record that was jointly held by him along with Hashim Amla. Kohli amassed 1000 ODI runs in just 11 innings, thereby outdoing the previous record by a margin of 4 innings. He achieved the milestone en route his 37th ODI hundred against the Windies in 2018.