Virat Kohli Is The Only Indian In Top-3 Batting Rankings In All Formats Of Cricket

Virat Kohli is not just India's best batsman but the best in the world when it comes to T20 cricket and ICC rankings. The Indian captain continued to lead the world rankings for T20I batsmen after the completion of the three-match series against England.

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Kohli is ranked second in Tests and third in ODIs which makes him the only Indian batsman in top five across all formats. The Indian run-machine, with 1709 runs in international T20s, is India's all-time leading run-getter in the format with an impeccable average of 53 and strike-rate of 134 in 48 matches.

Kohli leads number-two ranked Aaron Finch of Australia by 28 points, while Glenn Maxwell of Australia is third.

Here are 5 ODI records that Kohli can break in the near future.

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Kohli literally owned the year 2016 with mind-boggling numbers, few of which are 641 runs in 15 T20 internationals at an average of 107, including 7 fifties in the calendar year.

Overall, Kohli is the only batsman in T20I history to average over 50.

He has the most number of half-centuries in the format with 16.

Kohli is the only Indian to have never been dismissed for a duck in T20Is among batsman with over 1000 runs in T20Is.

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His record as captain is improving by leaps and bounds as he has never lost a Test, ODI or T20I series.

People may say that it's early days in his limited-overs leadership but India looks to be in prime position to defend their ICC Champions Trophy title later this year, a tournament which they won in 2013 in England. The 2017 Champions Trophy in England starting June will be India's international limited-overs assignment.