It has been a dream series for Virat Kohli as he has not only conquered the demons of 2014 but has dominated the England bowling attack across the five-match series.
Such has been the prolific run of the Indian captain that he tops the batting chart this series and is head and shoulders above the rest. Kohli has been tossing records by the wayside everytime he walks on to bat and during his innings of 49 in the first innings, he became only the fourth Indian to score 18,000 runs in international cricket.
Kohli has joined Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, and Sourav Ganguly in the list and this in many ways underlines his dominance over Indian cricket at the moment.
Kohli comes 'fourth' with mighty impressive numbers
Sachin Tendulkar tops the list with 34,357 runs in 664 matches with 100 hundreds and 164 fifties. Rahul Dravid comes in next with 24,208 runs from 509 games with 48 hundreds and 146 fifties. Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly is third on the list with 18,575 runs from 424 matches with 38 hundreds and 107 fifties.
The Indian captain has now snuck up to the fourth position with 18,028 runs in just his 343rd game. He has scored 58 hundreds and 85 fifties. As mentioned earlier, he has amassed 593 runs in the series across nine innings at an impressive average of 65.88 with two hundreds and three fifties. Jos Buttler is a distant second with 349 runs.
Despite all his heroics, the Indian team has surrendered the series and this is what has bothered Kohli as he keeps mentioning that for him personal milestones do not matter and that team success takes precedence.
"The second innings at Birmingham, I think about that and the first innings at Southampton, I think about that. So that when I am in the same position next time, I don't let the team down. I want to be able to take the team across the line," Kohli had told Michael Holding in a chat earlier this week.
Kohli has been rested for the upcoming Asia Cup as the selectors want to give him a rest ahead of the Australian tour. Rohit Sharma will lead the Indian side in his absence.
