Published 22:50 IST, October 26th 2019

Virat Kohli shares delightful picture with de Villiers and Eoin Morgan

Virat Kohli, on Saturday, took to Twitter to share a heartwarming picture of himself along with IPL teammate AB de Villiers and England skipper Eoin Morgan

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Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli, on Saturday, October 26, took to micro-blogging website Twitter to share a heartwarming picture of himself along with IPL teammate AB de Villiers and England skipper Eoin Morgan. Indian skipper shared picture of himself and his counterparts wearing blazers of ir respective countries. In caption, Kohli wrote that rivalries stay on field and just with a smile y are put to rest. He also wrote, "Play hard on field but always be up for a laugh off it."

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Records are made to be broken

Kohli recently overtook Australia's batting great Don Bradman in terms of runs scored in Test cricket. While Bradman accumulated a tally of 6,996 runs, Virat has w scored more than 7,000 Test runs at an aver of over 53 since making his debut in West Indies in 2011. He has also scored most double hundreds by any Indian batsman in Test cricket, going past Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, who have scored six double centuries each.  list is still being led by Bradman, who has 12 double centuries to his name. 

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Kohli’s century against Proteas also put him on par with ar Australian batting legend and captain Ricky Ponting when it comes to scoring most number of tons as Test captain, with 19 centuries. Former South African captain Graeme Smith leads list with 25 of m and it won't be a surprise if Indian run-machine goes on to break this record too. Kohli also has nine 150 plus scores as captain, once again going past Bradman, who had eight such scores to his name. Team India skipper improved on his previous best Test score of 243 against Sri Lanka in 2017.

Virat Kohli just 2 points away from overtaking Steve Smith

Indian skipper is already leading ICC charts for ODI batsmen by a long margin. After his whirlwind 254 t out of 336 balls against South Africa in Pune, captain Kohli looks all set to lead charts for Test batsmen as well. His recent double-century was his 26th ton in Tests and his seventh double-hundred in game’s longest format. With his innings,  Kohli is just two points away from toppling Steve Smith's ICC Test rankings.

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22:33 IST, October 26th 2019