Virat Kohli scored back-to-back hundreds in the final two ODIs against West Indies (AP Photo) HIGHLIGHTS Kohli has scored 20502 runs across all 3 formats out of which he has scored 20018 in the ongoing decade Kohli got past the 20,000-run mark during his match-winning 114 not out vs WI in the 3rd ODI Kohli's consistent run helped India maintain a clean slate and clinch the T20I and ODI series vs WI Virat Kohli is breaking batting records at will. The India captain is just 30 years of age and already has 77 hundreds, only 23 less than Sachin Tendulkar's all-time record that, at one point in time, looked improbable to break.

Kohli is not just making batting look ridiculously easy but he is also scoring at an unprecedented consistency across all formats of the game.

In a jaw-dropping stat that is a reflection of his greatness, Kohli became the first and only batsman to score 20,000 runs in international cricket in a decade.

Kohli has scored 20502 runs across all 3 formats out of which he has scored 20018 in the ongoing decade. Kohli made his Test and T20I debut in 2010 while he had already scored 484 runs in ODI cricket in the previous decade after making his debut in the 50-over format in 2008.

King for a reason #TeamIndia take the ODI series 2-0 #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/Wr8tZJO5e1

BCCI (@BCCI) August 14, 2019 Ricky Ponting had held the record for the most international runs scored in a decade with 18962 runs in 2000s. Jacques Kallis, the legendary South Africa all-rounder, is a distant third on the list with 16777 runs in 2000s.

Mahela Jaywardene and Kumar Sangakkara are 4th and 5th on the list of most runs scored in a decade with 16304 and 15999, respectively. India's Sachin Tendulkar is 6th with 15962 runs in the 2000s while Rahul Dravid is 7th with 15853 runs.

Kohli got past the 20,000-run mark when hit a match-winning 114 not out in just 99 balls in the 3rd ODI of a 3-match series against West Indies in Port of Spain on Wednesday. Kohli's second successive and 43rd ODI hundred helped India seal a 2-0 win in the ODI series.

Meanwhile, Virat Kohli is currently averaging 60.31, his highest at the end of an innings in ODI cricket.

Virat Kohli had finished World Cup 2019 with scoring a hundred but he is backing to getting to the 3-figure mark at will. The India captain, who has more than 2000 ODI runs against West Indies, has hit 9 hundreds against them in the 50-over format of the game.

Kohli's consistent run helped India maintain a clean slate and clinch the T20I and ODI series on their tour of West Indies.

And that's a wrap of the ODI series. #TeamIndia seal the series 2-0 #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/aIuHKsaaNx

BCCI (@BCCI) August 14, 2019 Virat Kohli's Team India will begin their World Test Championships campaign in a 2-match Test series against the West Indies from August 22.

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