Virat Kohli: Last Night New Records

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Five wins in an away bilateral series for India:
5-0 in Zim, 2013
5-0 in SL, 2017
*5-1 in SA, 2018

Most 100s as ODI captains:
22 R Ponting (220 inngs)
*13 AB de Villiers (98)/ Virat Kohli (46)
11 S Ganguly (143)
10 S Jayasuriya (118)

Most runs in a bilateral series in SA:
*558 V KOHLI v SA, 2018 (6 inngs)
454 K Pietersen v SA, 2005 (6)
413 H Amla v WI, 2015 (4)
410 F du Plessis v SL, 2017 (5)

Most runs in a bilateral series:
*558 Virat Kohli v SA, 2018 (6)
491 Rohit Sharma v Aus, 2013 (6)
478 G Bailey v Ind, 2013 (6)
467 H Masakadza v Ken, 2009 (5)

Three 100s in a series for India:
Sourav Ganguly in SA, World Cup 2003
VVS Laxman in Australia, VB series 2004
Virat Kohli in SA, 2018 (The only man to do so in a bilateral series)

Most wkts in a bilateral series:
18 J Srinath v NZ, 2002/03 (7)
18 A Mishra v Zim, 2013 (5)
17 P Patterson v India, 1987 (6)
17 C Matthews v Australia, 1994 (7)
17 Kuldeep Yadav v SA, 2018 (6)*

Just 47 days in 2018 and Virat Kohli has crossed 500 runs - the earliest an Indian batsman has gone past 500 in a calendar year.
Previous Best: 69 days by Sachin Tendulkar in 2003 (on 10 March)

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