Virat Kohli breaks Sachin record, Most Player of the Series awards: Virat Kohli, one of the biggest stars of Indian cricket, has once again created history. On the basis of his brilliant performance in the recent ODI series against South Africa, he not only brought great success to Team India, but also became a great batsman. Historical record of Sachin Tendulkar Broke it too. Virat has now become the player to win the ‘Player of the Series’ award the most number of times in men’s international cricket.

Virat Kohli Scored a total of 302 runs in this three-match ODI series, which was the highest by any batsman in the series. He scored centuries in two consecutive matches, while maintaining his excellent form by scoring a half-century in the last ODI. For this brilliant performance he was chosen ‘Player of the Series’.

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Sachin Tendulkar’s record broken

With this, Virat Kohli also made a historic achievement in his name. This was the 20th ‘Player of the Series’ award of his career. With this he left behind the record of Sachin Tendulkar (19 times), who is called the God of Cricket. Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan (17 times) is at third place in this list, while Jacques Kallis (14 times), Sanath Jayasuriya (13 times) and David Warner (13 times) are also included in this prestigious list.

Players who have won the most Player of the Series awards in the world

• 20 times – Virat Kohli


• 19 times – Sachin Tendulkar


• 17 times – Shakib Al Hasan


• 14 times – Jacques Kallis


• 13 times – Sanath Jayasuriya


• 13 times – David Warner

Virat’s dominance in ODI cricket also

Talking about ODI cricket, Sachin Tendulkar (14 times) is still at the forefront. In this list, Sanath Jayasuriya and Virat Kohli (11-11 times) are jointly at second place. After this there are Chris Gayle and Shaun Pollock (8-8 times).

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Virat continues to be in great form

Virat Kohli is in tremendous form at the moment. He has scored 374 runs in his last four ODI innings, which include two centuries and two half-centuries. This is the ninth time in his career when he has scored more than 50 runs in four consecutive innings.

Just 25 runs away from 28,000 international runs

Virat Kohli is now just 25 runs away from completing 28,000 runs in his international career. However, the Indian team does not have any ODI match in the year 2025, so Virat will have to wait till next year to reach this historical figure.

Rain of records in IND vs SA series

Many big records were also made in this three-match ODI series played between India and South Africa:

• This became the series with the highest number of sixes in the three-match bilateral ODI series (63 sixes).


• This also became the record for most individual centuries (6) in a three-match series.


• India has won 10 out of 11 bilateral ODI series at home since the 2019 World Cup.

Kohli’s name included in every historical partnership

Virat Kohli’s name is also included in the century partnerships for the first two wickets while chasing the target for India.

• 2010 against New Zealand (Vadodara)


• Against Australia 2013 (Jaipur)


• And now against South Africa in 2025 (Visakhapatnam)

Virat’s era continues

There was a time when Sachin Tendulkar’s records were considered invincible, but Virat Kohli has not only touched those figures but has also left them behind. It has become clear in the cricket world that Virat’s era is not over yet, rather his best is yet to come.