Virat Kohli
Indian cricketer
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| 2025 | Became India's top run-scorer in Champions Trophy history and completed 8,000 runs while chasing in ODIs. Named in the ICC Team of the Tournament. |
| 2025 | Became the fastest to reach 14,000 runs in 287 innings and surpassed Mohammad Azharuddin's record of 156 catches in ODIs. |
| 2025 | Scored his 51st ODI century and became the fastest to reach 14,000 runs in 287 innings. |
| May 12 2025 | Virat Kohli officially announced his retirement from the Test format of cricket, a surprising decision that came before India's tour of England, when he was just 770 runs short of reaching 10,000 Test runs. |
| May 12 2025 | Announced retirement from Test format. |
| 2025 | Surpassed Mohammad Azharuddin's record of 156 catches, becoming the player with most catches in ODIs. |
| 2025 | Participating in the World Test Championship in England. |
| 2025 | Playing in the Champions Trophy in United Arab Emirates, receiving Player of the Match awards against Pakistan and Australia. |
| 2025 | In the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final against Australia, Kohli scored 84 runs off 98 balls, helping India win by four wickets. He surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's record for most 50-plus scores in ICC ODI tournaments with 24 scores. |
| 2025 | Became the second batter after Ricky Ponting to complete 12,000 ODI runs at the No. 3 batting position and the first cricketer to score 1,000 runs and ten 50-plus scores in ICC knockout matches. |
| 2025 | Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 100 off 111 balls against Pakistan in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy Group A match, leading India to a six-wicket victory. He became the fastest to reach 14,000 runs in ODI cricket in 287 innings, 63 innings fewer than Sachin Tendulkar. |
| 2025 | In the ICC Champions Trophy final against New Zealand, Kohli was dismissed for 1 run, caught LBW by Michael Bracewell. Despite this, India won the tournament, securing their third ICC Champions Trophy title. |
| March 2025 | Virat Kohli scored 298 runs in 9 innings, including a high score of 100 not out, with 2 fifties and 1 hundred, maintaining an average of 37.25 and a strike rate of 73.21 |
| 2025 | Won the ICC Champions Trophy. |
| 2024 | Competing in the T20 World Cup in West Indies and United States, receiving Player of the Match award against South Africa. |
| 2024 | Won the Indian Premier League Orange Cap for most runs. |
| 2024 | Scored a personal best of 113* runs in a match against Rajasthan Royals, taking 72 balls to complete the innings. |
| 2024 | Led RCB's turnaround from a 6-game losing streak to a 6-game winning streak, qualifying for the playoffs. |
| 2024 | Surpassed 8000 runs in IPL, becoming close to 1000 runs ahead of the second-highest run-scorer Shikhar Dhawan. |
| 2024 | Won his second Orange Cap award, scoring 741 runs with an average of 61.75 in the IPL season. |
| 2024 | Won the T20 World Cup and was named Player of the Match in the Final, subsequently announcing his retirement from T20I cricket. |
| 2024 | Announced retirement from T20 International cricket |
| 2024 | Kohli was part of the Indian team that won the T20 World Cup, after which he announced his retirement from T20Is. |
| 2024 | Virat Kohli won the Indian Premier League Orange Cap for most runs. |
| May 12 2024 | Became the first player in IPL history to play 250 matches for a single franchise (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) in a match against Delhi Capitals at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. |
| February 15 2024 | Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma had their second child, a boy named Akaay. |
| January 2024 | Scored his 81st century during the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Perth Stadium, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record of most Test centuries for India in Australia. |
| 2023 | Played in ODI World Cup in India, winning Player of the Match against Bangladesh and South Africa, and captained India to World Test Championship victory, winning Player of the Match against Australia |
| 2023 | In the 2023 ODI World Cup, Kohli scored 1000 runs in a year for the eighth time, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's record. He scored his 50th ODI century, becoming the only player with 50 ODI 100s and the first to hit 700 runs in a single World Cup edition. |
| 2023 | During the 2023 Asia Cup, Kohli hit a century and an unbeaten 233 run partnership with KL Rahul, making it the highest in the tournament's history. |
| 2023 | Scored the most number of 1000 runs in a year for the eighth time, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's record of 7 times. |
| 2023 | Achieved the milestone of fastest to score 13,000 ODI runs in 267 innings. |
| 2023 | Participated in the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, receiving Player of the Match award against Pakistan. |
| 2023 | Played in the World Test Championship in England, receiving Player of the Match award against Australia. |
| 2023 | Competed in the ODI World Cup in India. |
| 2023 | Virat Kohli served as a stand-in captain for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) during the IPL season, breaking the record for most centuries in the league. He scored 639 runs with an average of 53.2 and a strike rate of 140. |
| 2023 | Named to ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year and won ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Player of the Tournament. |
| 2023 | Kohli became the fastest player to score 27,000 runs in international cricket, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's record by achieving the milestone in 594 innings compared to Tendulkar's 623 innings, during a Test match against Bangladesh at Green Park Stadium. |
| 2023 | Scored centuries in crucial matches against Sunrisers Hyderabad, surpassing Chris Gayle for the most centuries in the IPL league. |
| 2023 | Commenced IPL season with an 82* run score against Mumbai Indians, marking an aggressive start to the season. |
| 2023 | Won the ICC ODI Player of the Year award. |
| 2023 | Set a record for most runs in a single edition of ODI World Cup with 765 runs. |
| 2023 | Named ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Player of the Tournament |
| 2023 | Kohli won the ICC ODI Player of the Year award for the fourth time. |
| 2023 | Kohli's brand value reached a remarkable figure, demonstrating his continued prominence and appeal in the sports endorsement market. |
| October 2023 | In the 2023 ODI World Cup, Kohli scored his 50th ODI century in the semi-final against New Zealand, becoming the only player with 50 ODI centuries. He was awarded Player of the Tournament for scoring 765 runs with the highest batting average of 95.62. |
| August 2023 | In the 2023 Asia Cup, Kohli scored a century against Pakistan and achieved the milestone of being the fastest batsman to score 13,000 ODI runs in 267 innings, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's previous record of 321 innings. |
| July 20 2023 | Kohli became the 10th player to play 500 international matches during the Test series against West Indies. He was the first player to register a fifty-plus score in a 500th international match while scoring his 29th Test century. |
| March 2023 | During the Border–Gavaskar series, Kohli scored a century in the final test at Ahmedabad during the 75 Years of Friendship through Cricket Event, marking his first century in the format in three years and accumulating 186 runs in the match. |
| January 2023 | Kohli scored an unbeaten 166 runs against Sri Lanka in an ODI match, becoming the fifth highest run-scorer in ODI cricket and surpassing Mahela Jayawardene. This was his 21st ODI century in India and 10th against Sri Lanka. |
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