The year 2022 was a turnaround for former Indian skipper Virat Kohli as he finally achieved his 71st International ton in an Asia Cup game against Afghanistan. He also registered the highest individual score as an Indian batter in T20Is, surpassing Rohit's record of 118 against Sri Lanka. Let's take a better look at the records made and broken by jersey no. 18 across forms of the game.
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Virat Kohli in 2022 (All Formats)
FORMAT | RUNS | INNINGS | AVERAGE | STRIKE RATE | 100/50 | HIGH SCORE |
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ODIs | 302 | 11 | 27.45 | 87.03 | 1/2 | 113 |
TESTs | 265 | 11 | 26.50 | 39.43 | 0/1 | 79 |
T20Is | 781 | 20 | 55.78 | 138.23 | 1/8 | 122* |
IPL | 341 | 16 | 22.73 | 115.98 | 0/2 | 73 |
TOTAL (Intl Only) | 1348 | 41 | 38.51 | 85.10 | 2/11 | 122* |
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Few records made by Virat Kohli in 2022
- Fastest to 24000 runs
- Fastest to 71 Intl Centuries
- Highest T20I Score for India
- Most runs in T20I
- Most 50+ Scores in T20Is
- Fastest to 1000 runs in Asia Cup
- Most runs in T20WC
- Joint Most T20 100s among Indians
- Fastest to Hit 44 ODI 100s (256 Inngs)
- Fastest to Score 200 50+ Scores
- Most M.O.M Awards in Asia Cup (6)
- Most T20I M.O.M Awards (15)
- Most top Scores in T20I (36)
- Most runs for India in Asia Cup
- Oldest Indian to Score T20I Century
- Most balls Faced in T20I format
- Only Player to Score Century in both ODI & T20I Asia Cups
- 1st Indian to Play 100 matches in all formats!
- Joint Fastest to score 16k runs in Wins
- Fastest to reach 14000 runs in Asia
- Most Intl runs against BAN for India
- Joint Most 50+ Scores in ICC Knockouts
- 1st Player to be the Leading Run Scorer Twice in a T20WC (2014 & 2022)
- Most times Leading Run Scorer for India in an ICC Tournament (5 times)
- 1st player with 50+ Average in 8 different ICC Tournaments
- Most runs against an Opponent in ICC Tournaments (625 vs PAK)
- Most M.O.M Awards against an Opponent in ICC Tournaments (4 vs PAK)
- Joint Fastest Indian to reach 1000 ODI runs in a Country (18 Inngs in BAN)
- Most 50+ Scores in ICC Tournaments
(Surpassed Sachin)
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- Joint Most Unbeaten Innings in Succesful T20I Chases (18)
- 1st player to Score 1500+ runs in T20I Successful Runchases
- 1st Asian Fielder to take 50 catches in all formats!
- Most ODI runs by visiting players in Bang
- 1st Indian to score 1000 ODI runs in Bang
- 1st player to score a century in the T20 Asia Cup
- Only player to Score 200+ runs in 3 Different T20WC Tournament
- 1st player to score 7000 runs for a single team in T20 (RCB)
- 1st player to score 50 50+ Scores for a Team in T20 (RCB)
- First player to score 3000 runs in IPL Chases
- 1st player to face 5000 balls in IPL