Virat Kohli completes 12 years in Test cricket: 13 interesting facts and records you can't miss

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Virat Kohli completed 12 years in Test cricket on Friday, June 20, 2023. The former India captain made his Test debut on June 20, 2011, against West Indies at Kingston.

Interestingly, the former India captain, who has played 109 Test matches and scored 8479 runs at an average of 48.72, is currently gearing up for India's tour of West Indies which will kick off with the first Test from July 12 in Dominica.

A look at 13 interesting facts and records of the former world number one Test batter.

• Kohli scored four off 10 balls in the first ball and was dismissed by Fidel Edwards. In the second innings, he scored 15 off 54 and was once again dismissed by Edwards. On both the occasions he was caught behind by wicket-keeper Carlton Baugh.

• Virat Kohli's first Test match in India was also against West Indies at the Wankhede in Mumbai in November 2011. He scored 52 and 63 runs in the first and second innings respectively.

• Kohli's first hundred came against Australia in Adelaide in January 2012. His last Test hundred (28th) also came against Australia in Ahmedabad in March this year.

• Virat Kohli is India's most successful captain. He led India to 40 wins in 68 Test matches.

• Overall, he has the third-most highest number of victories as captain. Only Graeme Smith (53 in 109 Tests) and Ricky Ponting (48 in 77 Tests) have won more matches as captain. In terms of winning percent, Kohli is only behind

• Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, India won the ICC Test Mace for five years in a row. The record is only the Australia team of their 'golden era' who finished as the top-ranked team eight years in a row.

• Virat Kohli is only the second batter after Don Bradman to score over 600 in a single Test series as a captain

• The 34-year-old is only behind Graeme Smith, Allan Border and Ricky Ponting to have scored most runs as Test captain. He scored 5864 runs in 68 Test matches at an average of 54.80.

• Virat Kohli is second on the list of Test captains with most hundreds. He smashed 20 Test hundreds as captain, only five less than Graeme Smith.

• The Delhi-born batter has the sixth-highest number of Test runs for India. Only Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavaskar, VVS Laxman and Virender Sehwag have scored more Test runs than him for India.

• Virat Kohli became the first Indian captain to score an away double hundred in 2016

• Kohli has hit seven double hundreds, most by any active cricketer

• The right-hand batter is the first Indian captain to register a Test series win in Australia