Published 12:05 IST, August 18th 2019

Netizens celebrate 11 years of Virat Kohli as Indian skipper's record studded career enters eleventh year

It has been eleven years since Virat Kohli made his One-day international debut and the Indian skipper has already made a place for himself among the legends of the game. The right-handed batsman is widely regarded as the best cricketer in the world and is currently the number one ranked ODI batsman according to ICC in the world. 

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It has been eleven years since Virat Kohli me his One-day international debut and Indian skipper has alrey me a place for himself among legends of game. right-handed batsman is widely regarded as best cricketer in world and is currently number one ranked ODI batsman according to ICC in world. 

Virat Kohli's magical journey

skipper's journey from when he began his career for Men in Blue under wings of Captain Cool MS Dhoni to becoming a successful skipper of Indian team has been groundbreaking and spectacular. With consistency in skill and performance, Indian skipper is easily most respected cricketer in world and he is after breaking records, those being held by legends of game for a very long time. 

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Indian captain Virat Kohli became first batsman to score 20,000 international runs in a single dece, incredible stat providing ar reflection of his greatness. Kohli has aggregated 20,502 runs across three formats out of which he has scored 20,018 in ongoing dece.

batting maestro achieved feat on way to his match-winning hundred, his 43rd in format, against West Indies in third ODI on Wednesday. Kohli me his Test and T20 Internationals debut in 2010. He h alrey scored 484 runs in ODI cricket after making his debut in 2008.

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Australia's former skipper Ricky Ponting held record for scoring most international runs in a dece with 18,962 to his credit in 2000s. Former South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis is on third position with 16,777 runs in 2000s.

Sri Lankan legends Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara are fourth and fifth on list of most runs scored in a dece with 16304 and 15999, respectively. Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar is sixth with 15962 runs in 2000s while his teammate Rahul Dravid is seventh with 15853.

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Netizens hail 11 years of Viratism

Netizens celebrated 11 years of Virat Kohli by taking to Twitter to show ir love for ir favourite cricketer and wish him success for future. Re some of wishes here:

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