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Virat Kohli's Five Major Records Broken By Indian Batsmen In Just Seven Days
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News18•09-10-2026, 13:43
Virat Kohli's Five Major Records Broken By Indian Batsmen In Just Seven Days
- •Five Indian batsmen shattered five major batting records previously held by Virat Kohli within a span of just seven days.
- •Shubman Gill became the first Indian captain to score over 300 runs in a 3-match ODI series, making 334 runs against the West Indies.
- •Ishan Kishan broke Kohli's 10-year-old record by scoring 1,644 T20 runs in 2026, becoming the Indian with most T20 runs in a calendar year.
- •Shreyas Iyer surpassed Kohli's record for the highest score by an Indian captain in a successful T20I run chase with an unbeaten 102 against the West Indies.
- •Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma also made their mark by breaking records related to performance against Pakistan in T20Is.
Key Questions Answered
Over the past week, five Indian batsmen including Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Abhishek Sharma, and Tilak Varma broke five major records previously held by Virat Kohli.
Ishan Kishan reached 1,644 T20 runs in 2026, surpassing Virat Kohli's 10-year-old record of 1,614 runs scored in 2016 to become the Indian batsman with the most T20 runs in a single calendar year.
During the 3-match ODI series against the West Indies, captain Shubman Gill scored 334 runs with two centuries, becoming the first Indian captain to score more than 300 runs in a 3-match ODI series.
