Arguably one of the finest ODI batsmen of all-time, and certainly the greatest of his generation,
Virat Kohli has
played two senior World Cups after leading the junior team to the title in 2008. In 2011, on his World Cup
debut, Kohli played second fiddle to Virender Sehwag on his way to a fluent hundred against Bangladesh. After a
great innings to start with, Kohli had a quiet World Cup before scoring an important 35 in the final to rescue
the chase with Gambhir and lay the foundation for a second World Cup triumph.
Virat Kohli had scored 185 runs in the 2012 T20 WC, highest among Indians. He had scored 2 half
centuries in this tournament as well.
Indian Batsman Virat Kohli scored 176 runs from the five matches he played in the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 tournament with an average of 58.66 and best score of 58 not out coming against Sri Lanka at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff on June 20 in the second semifinal of the tournament. With these runs & fifty, Kohli featured into the top 5 list of most runs in Champions Trophy 2013. In his best innings match, India had restricted Sri Lanka to 181/8 from their 50 overs with both Ishant Sharma & Ravichandran Ashwin scalping 3 batsmen. India chased down the target & won by 8 wickets. Shikhar Dhawan top scored with 68 while Kohli finished the chase for India with 58 not out.
Virat Kohli's prime came in 2014 ICC T20 WC, when he scored 319 runs in the tournwmnt, highest run-scorer, helping India reach the finals. He was awarded the Player of the Tournament award as well. He had scored 4 half centuries, including two 70+ knocks, in both final and semi-final, during this tournament.
In the 2015 ICC WC edition, Kohli was
fully primed as India's best limited-overs batsman with several solid performances under his belt and started
off in fine fashion with a stable hundred against Pakistan. After a 46 against South Africa, his form took a dip
during the latter stages of the World Cup before culminating in a 13-ball 1 as India crashed out of the World
Cup in the semi-final. His ODI average in the 2017/18 ODI season has been a Bradmanesque 97.5, and he has
amassed an unreal 19 hundreds since the 2015 World Cup.
In the 2016 ICC T20 WC, Virat Kohli had scored 273 runs in the 5 innings with a whooping average of 136.50 and a
fantastic strike rate
of 146.77. He had scored 3 half centuries to help his team win matches. He had also taken one wicket in the
semifinal match against the Windies
along with an incredible knock of 89*. He was awarded the Player of the Tournament for this special tournamnt.
In the 2015 edition, Kohli was
fully primed as India's best limited-overs batsman with several solid performances under his belt and started
off in fine fashion with a stable hundred against Pakistan. After a 46 against South Africa, his form took a dip
during the latter stages of the World Cup before culminating in a 13-ball 1 as India crashed out of the World
Cup in the semi-final. His ODI average in the 2017/18 ODI season has been a Bradmanesque 97.5, and he has
amassed an unreal 19 hundreds since the 2015 World Cup.
After the low of the World Cup ouster in 2015, Kohli leads the Indian side this time, with perhaps the strongest ODI team in the world, and as this generation's greatest ODI batsman. He scored 443 runs in the tournament, including 5 half centuries.
Virat Kohli scored 296 runs in the 2022 ICC T20 WC, highest among everyone. This also included 5 half centuries in the tournament, which included the innings of 82* against the mighty Pakistan, when he played a clutch innings. He also played the shot of the century against Haris Rauf in this tournamnet.
In the 2023 ICC WC, Home edition, Kohli was in completely a different beast mode. He broke several records, which included 765 runs in a single edition of a WC, becoming the highest run scorer. This included 6 half centuries and 3 centuries in just 11 innings. Kohli also broke the record of the most ODI centuries by scoring his 50th ODI century against the Kiwis in the semifinal. He was awarded the Player of the Tournament for such an unbelieveable innings.