Top 7 most interesting facts about Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli

Here is a look at the seven interesting facts about Indian skipper Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli is conceivably the best cricketer in the world. He has been a consistent successful captain in every formtat of the game. He is the most popular cricketer in Twitter also.

Here are the top 5 most interesting facts about Virat Kohli:-

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1) Virat Kohli is the only cricketer who scored 500 runs in a bilateral One Day International series. He did this record in 2018 during the series against South Africa by making 558 runs in 6 matches. It made India win the series 5-1.

2) Virat is the only cricketer to play Indian Premiere League without being auctioned ever. He has been playing for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru for eight seasons. In the thirteenth season of IPL, Royal Challengers paid Virat Kohli ₹17 crore to play for them. This has made him the highest paid IPL player ever. Virat will be playing as full time captain for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.3) Virat was the fastest to score 10000 runs in One Day International cricket. Not only 10000, he was the fastest to reach the milestones to score 1000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000 and 9000 runs in One Day International also. By scoring 10000 in just 205 innings, he broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar of scoring 10000 runs in least matches, as he did it in 259 innings.

4) Virat Kohli is the only Indian captain who beat South Africa 3-0 in a Test series.

5) Recently, Forbes published the list of top 100 highest-paid athletes of 2020. Virat Kohli was the only cricketer who got a place in this list.

6) In 2012, the renowned men’s fashion magazine GQ published a list of 10 Best Dressed International Men. The 23 years old Virat Kohli was placed in that list. That also included US President Barrack Obama and Canadian actor Ryan Gosling.

7) Reportedly, Kolhi is the most successful Indian ODI captain. Kohli’s success rateas a captain is 75.89% which is the greatest in the history of Indian cricket.