5 records which Virat Kohli can break across formats in the near future

Most runs in Asia

Having scored 12,627 runs in 230 matches at an average of 61.59 including 43 centuries and 57 half-centuries, Kohli is currently the sixth-ranked batsman in the list of most number of runs scored in Asia. Kohli needs another 871 runs to overdo Dravid (13,497) in the category.

Kohli, 31, is an early entrant in the category of batsmen who have scored the maximum amount of runs after turning 30. Having scored 3,236 runs in 65 matches across formats at an average of 53.93 including eight centuries and 19 half-centuries, Kohli is 113th on the list of batsmen with most runs after the age of 30.

Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara tops this list with 16,369 runs in 311 matches across formats which had come at an average of 50.83. Having scored 43 centuries and 90 half-centuries in this period, the southpaw also has the most 50+ scores after the age of 30.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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