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Couple of mind-boggling stats of the one and only im_Vkohli. Date of Stats quoted below – 14th Oct 2019. 1/

In line to be the highest run scorer consolidated across all formats in 2019 and possibly the first one to score 2500+ International runs and highest run scorer for 4 years on a trot. Amazing level of consistency. 2/

2016 – 2,595 runs, 2017 – 2,818 Runs, 2018 - 2,735 Runs. 2019 – Period to date 2,035 runs with remaining fixtures of 1 Test & 3 ODI’s with SA, 3 T20’s and 2 Tests with Bang, 3 T20’s with Windies. 3/

9th on the list of overall runs scored @ 21,024 runs and should be in 8th Position (at the age of 31) overtaking Sanath Jayasuriya who is currently @ 21,032 runs in the current SA Series. The next current international Player behind Virat in terms of overall runs scored is - 4/

MS Dhoni @ 17,266 & Ross Taylor @ 16,842 (assuming Chris Gayle has retired – he is at 19,321 runs).
Average runs per innings of 57.13 – the next highest being Jacques Kallis @ 49.10 – That’s an additional 8 runs per inning. 5/

One needs to be mindful that this average of 57 odd is despite 15% of Virat’s innings are T20’s in which he currently averages 50. The same comparable number for Kallis is 4% as he had played only 25 T20’s & despite this anamoly the difference in runs per innings is nearly 8. 6/

Number of international centuries – 69 behind 71 – Ponting @Punter421 and 100 – @sachin_rt
Innings per century–Sachin 7.82, Ponting 9.40, Kohli 6.30 (if normalized 2 exclud T20’s for an appl2appl comparison with Sachin who played 1 T20) then the innings per century is 5.33. 7/

While @stevesmith49 may be ahead in terms of test averages @ 64.56 runs per innings, Virat is truly ahead in overall terms played consistently over all formats in the past 4 years. 8/

@imVkohli is closing in @ 31 years, with his current fitness regime he would have a good 6 to 7 years of cricket left in him by the time he reaches 38. Pertinent to remember that Sachin retired @ 40.5 Years and Ponting @ 38. 9/

Assuming he closes this year @ 21,500 runs aggregate and does an average of 2000 runs over the next 4 years (high ask but 25% lower than his current annual average) he would be @ 29,500 runs by the time he is 35 and last 3 years @ 1500 runs per year - 10/

would comfortably be at 34,000 runs closer to the 35K runs mountain set by Sachin. Believe me this is the worst case. Personal gut says he would finish his career closer to 38K runs. 11/

Would be tough to beat the individual format landmarks of ODI runs – 18,426 runs, Test Runs 15,921 with the advent of T20 Cricket. He would have a fair dig @ the ODI Target as he is currently @ 11,520 and needs 6,906 runs over 7 years years – assuming an average of 50 - 12/

(assuming a future dip) against his current 60, it translates to 138 ODI’s he has to play over 7 years – Nearly 20 a year. This seems tough with the advent of T20’s, number of ODI’s played by Virat in the past 5 years is around 19 per year. It would be a close call. 13/

In T20’s he is already neck to neck with Rohit, but I don’t see the same fitness level longevity with Rohit, hence Virat could comfortably be on top of runs aggregate when he calls it quits from this format. 14/

Captaincy records – Already the most successful Test Captain for India with 30 Test wins, has a 60% Win record (50 tests), behind only Ponting 48 wins @ 62.33% (77 Tests) and Steve Waugh 41 wins @ 71.92% (57 Tests). 15/

Batting Stats – Tests – as captain averages 64.36 with 19 Centuries (50 Tests) against stat as a Player 41.13 with 7 Centuries (31 Tests). ODI’s - As captain averages 80 with 21 centuries (80 Matches) Against Stat as a Player 51.29 with 22 Centuries (159 Matches).