India defeated South Africa 2-1 in the three-match ODI series. Virat Kohli scored 302 runs in three matches, for which he also received the Player of the Series award. In this series, he also broke many records by scoring 2 centuries and one half-century. See here the list of 10 records that Virat Kohli has made in the ODI series against South Africa.

Virat Kohli made 10 records:

Most centuries in one format: Virat Kohli has also become the cricketer who has scored the most centuries in one format. Sachin Tendulkar had scored 51 centuries in Tests, but Virat now has 53 centuries in his name in ODI, which is the most in any one format.

Reached the 25th century mark on home grounds: Virat Kohli has become the first cricketer in the world to touch the figure of 25 ODI centuries on home grounds. He has now scored 26 centuries while playing on Indian grounds.

Most Player of the Series awards: Virat Kohli has become the cricketer to win the Player of the Series award the most number of times in men’s international cricket. He broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar (19). Virat has now become Player of the Series 20 times.

Most ODI centuries against South Africa: Virat Kohli has scored 7 centuries against South Africa, which is the highest in the world.

Virat and Rohit played most number of matches together: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have now become the Indian pair to play the most number of matches together in international cricket. They have now played 394 international matches together. He broke the record of 391 matches of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.

2 consecutive ODI centuries for the 11th time: Virat Kohli has done this for the 11th time in his ODI career, when he has scored a century in two consecutive innings. No one has been able to do this before him. After him in this list comes the name of AB de Villiers, who had done this 6 times.

50+ scores in 4 or more consecutive innings: Virat Kohli has done this 9 times in his ODI career, when he has scored 50 or more in 4 or more consecutive innings. 3 matches against South Africa and before that he had scored 74 runs in the last ODI against Australia.

Centuries at 34 different places: Virat Kohli has now scored centuries at 34 different places in his ODI career. In this matter he has equaled Sachin Tendulkar.

Record of century partnership of Rohit-Kohli: Virat Kohli along with Rohit Sharma made a century partnership for the 20th time in the history of ODI cricket. He equaled Kumar Sangakkara and Tillakaratne Dilshan. Now only Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly are ahead of him, who had made century partnerships 26 times.

Highest 50+ score against South Africa: Virat Kohli has made the record of scoring the most half-centuries against South Africa in all three formats combined. Virat has scored 50+ against South Africa 27 times.

18 August 2008, when Virat Kohli made his international debut against Sri Lanka as an opener with Gautam Gambhir. It was Monday, in the first ODI of the series, Team India’s first batting came out. Gambhir was dismissed for ‘0’, while Virat Kohli also followed him, who scored only 12 runs in his international debut (Virat Kohli Debut). Today, Virat’s debut has completed 17 years. On this occasion, take a look at the list of 10 strong records of Virat’s career.

10 big records of Virat Kohli’s career

India’s most successful Test captain- In the Test, India found veteran captains like Mohammad Azharuddin, Sunil Gavaskar and Sourav Ganguly. But Virat Kohli became India’s most successful captain in the Test, whose Under Team India registered 40 wins in 68 Tests. India’s win percentage was 58.82 under Virat’s captaincy.

The highest century in ODIs- Virat Kohli has scored 51 centuries in ODI cricket, which is a world record. He is also the only cricketer in the world to touch the 50 century mark in ODI cricket. He is followed by Sachin Tendulkar with 49 centuries at number two.

Real Chase Master- Virat Kohli is not called Chase Master like this. ODI has come in cricket while chasing his 28 centuries, he is 11 centuries ahead of Sachin Tendulkar at number two.

The highest run in an ODI World Cup- Virat Kohli has the record of scoring the most runs in one ODI World Cup. He had scored 765 runs in the 2023 World Cup, while no other batsman could even touch 700 runs in the same World Cup.

82 centuries in international cricket- Sachin Tendulkar has scored the highest century in international cricket, whose names are 100 centuries. If someone has come closest to them so far, then he is Virat Kohli. Virat has scored 82 centuries in his career so far.

Virat’s name 4 ICC Trophy- Virat Kohli has won 4 ICC Trophy with the Indian team in his career. The series started from the 2011 ODI World Cup, then won the 2013 Champions Trophy, 2024 T20 World Cup and then the 2025 Champions Trophy.

The fastest 14,000 ODI runs- Virat Kohli holds the record for scoring the fastest 14,000 runs. He achieved this position in just 287 innings. He took 63 less innings from Sachin Tendulkar in this case.

The highest fifty in T20- Virat Kohli has scored 38 half -centuries in international T20 cricket, which is the highest. In this case, there is a second number of Babar Azam of Pakistan, who has put 36 fifty so far.

The highest run in T20 World Cup knockout matches- Virat Kohli has scored 373 runs in the history of T20 World Cup knockout matches. This record is still his name after retirement.

More than 27,000 runs- There were only 4 batsmen who touched the 27,000 runs in international cricket. Virat is currently third in terms of scoring the most runs in international cricket. Ahead of him is Kumar Sangakkara (28,016 runs) and Sachin Tendulkar (34,357 runs).

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