| Virat Kohli (IND) |
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Steve Smith (AUS) |
| Nov 5, 1988 |
Date of birth |
June 2, 1989 |
| 29 years |
Age |
28 years |
| vs WI in Jamaica, Jun 20, 2011 |
Test debut |
vs PAK at Lord’s, Jul 13, 2010 |
| No. 4 (top-order batsman) |
Batting position |
No. 4 (top-order batsman) |
| Right-hand batsman |
Batting style |
Right-hand batsman |
| vs SA at Wanderers, Jan 27, 2018 |
Last Test |
vs SA at Newlands, Mar 25, 2018 |
| No. 2 |
ICC Test ranking |
No. 1 |
| 66 (112) |
Tests (inns) |
64 (117) |
| 5554 |
Test runs |
6199 |
| 53.40 |
Average |
61.37 |
| 8 |
Not outs |
16 |
| 6 |
Double centuries |
2 |
| 3 |
150s |
5 |
| 22 |
100s |
23 |
| 16 |
50s |
24 |
| 15 |
100s as captain |
15 |
| 11 |
100s overseas |
10 |
| 10 |
100s at home |
13 |
| 6 vs AUS, 5 vs SL, 4 vs ENG, 3 vs NZ, 2 vs SA, 1 vs BAN, 1 vs WI |
100s by opponent |
8 vs ENG, 7 vs IND, 2 vs NZ, 2 vs PAK, 2 vs WI, 1 vs SA, 1 vs SL |
| 58.26 |
Strike rate |
55.49 |
| 243 vs Sri Lanka at Kotla, Delhi |
Highest score |
239 vs England at WACA, Perth |
| 618 |
4s |
684 |
| 17 |
6s |
36 |
| Matches 35; won 21, drawn 9, lost 5 |
Captaincy record |
Matches 34; won 18, drawn 10, lost 6 |
- The first batsman ever to score double centuries in four consecutive Test series
- 11th Indian batsman to score 5000 Test runs
- The first batsman to score six double hundreds as captain
- Highest run-scorer for an Indian batsman in a three-match Test series (610 runs against Sri Lanka 2017), and the fourth-highest overall
- Kohli-led India hold the record for the joint-most consecutive Test series wins (9)
- First Indian Test captain to score a double century overseas
- Most Test runs in 2012 (689), 2015 (640) and 2016 (1215) by an Indian
- Most Test centuries as captain of India (14)
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Test records |
- The First batsman in history to score centuries in five consecutive Tests against India
- Steve Smith’s ICC Test rating points of 945 is the second-highest in history
- Second joint-fastest batsman to reach 6000 Test runs (111 innings)
- Youngest Australian and fourth-youngest overall to reach 6000 runs in Test
- The only player to win ICC Test player of the year award more than once (twice)
- The highest run scorer in Test in 2015 (1474), 2017 (1305)
- Only the second batsman after Matthew Hayden to score 1000 Test runs or more in four consecutive calendar years (2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017)
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Virat is much better than smith as a batsman,as a captain and as a player