Virat Kohli's 500th international match: A look at his career in numbers

Former India captain Virat Kohli is all set to script history on Thursday as he takes the field against the West Indies in the second and final Test of the series The Indian batting mainstay will be playing his 500th international match of what has been one of the more illustrious careers in the sport in its 300plusyear historyEver since his international debut in 2008 Virat has solidified his status as a legend in the game Though cricket fans knew that this under19 World Cupwinning skipper was destined for greatness the way he went on a recordbreaking spree in the 2010s is something unprecedented in the sport Not many in the game can boast of a prime that Virat had in the 2010s which saw him become the ICC Mens Player of the DecadeVirat has represented India in 110 Test matches in which he has scored 8555 runs at an average of 4888 He has scored 28 centuries and 29 halfcenturies in his career with the best score of 254 He is Indias fifthhighest runscorer in Tests and one of the modern eras greats in the formatVirat has smashed a total of seven double centuries which is the highest by an Indian batter The highest number of double tons are hit by Aussie legend Don Bradman who has scored 12 of themAlso Read Cricket quite the gentlemanrsquos gameVirat the Test captain is one of Indias biggest success stories He led India in 68 Test matches Out of these Virat has won 40 Tests lost only 17 and drawn 11 With a win percentage of 5882 he is one of Indias best Test captains His legacy as Test captain is three ICC World Test Championship maces being the first Indian skipper to win a series against Australia in Australia and building a worldclass pace attackThe 34yearold has a solid Test record against West Indies In 15 matches he has scored 898 runs at an average of 4490 He has scored two centuries and six fifties with the best score of 200 He has not had the best outings of his career in the Windies In 10 Tests played in the Caribbean he has scored 539 runs at an average of 3850 He has scored a century and three fifties in Windies with the best score of 200In 274 ODI matches Virat has scored 12898 runs at an average of 5732 He has scored 46 centuries and 65 halfcenturies He is Indias secondhighest runscorer in ODI cricket Overall he is the fifthhighestrun scorer in ODI cricket Virat is the fastest ODI player in history to score 8000 runs 175 innings 9000 runs 194 innings 10000 runs 205 innings 11000 runs 222 innings and 12000 runs 242 inningsThe veteran batter is the highestrun scorer in the T20I format in its history In 115 matches he has scored 4008 runs at an average of 5273 He has scored one century and 37 fifties in the format with the best score of 122 He also has 38 fiftyplus scores the highest by any player Virat turns his Beast Mode on in T20 World Cups With 1141 runs in 27 matches at an average of 8150 and 14 fifties he is the leading runscorer ever in the tournamentHe won the Player of the Tournament award in 2014 and 2016 He has otherworldly stats while chasing in T20 World Cups In nine innings Virat has scored 518 runs at a batting average of 51800 This is because he was dismissed only once while chasing He has scored halfcenturies in seven innings while chasingIn 499 international matches Virat has scored 25461 runs at an average of 5348 in 558 innings He has scored 75 centuries and 131 fifties with best score of 254 He is the sixthhighest runscorer in the sports history and has the secondhighest number of centuries Ever since the 2000s nobody has scored runs and centuries at the rate Virat has done Against West Indies Virat has a strong international recordIn 71 matches he has scored 3729 runs at an average of 5826 He has scored 11 centuries and 23 fifties in 74 innings with the best score of 200 In West Indies he has played 31 international matches scoring 1476 runs at an average of 4761 He has scored five centuries and seven centuries in 34 innings with the best score of 200