In his first match as India’s Test Captain, he hit 114 & 141 against Australia at Adelaide Oval even though India suffered a loss on the fifth day.
Kohli has won seven consecutive bilateral series between 2013 and 2017 becoming the only Indian skipper to achieve this feat.
Kohli with his controlled and mature innings proved himself as a Chase master after he scored 183 off 148 balls against arch-rivals Pakistan.
The batting maverick holds a record of scoring 36 fifties in T20Is, which is the most for any player in the shortest format of the game.
He is the third-most followed sports personality on Instagram having 221Mn followers and trails behind football stars Lionel Messi(371M) and Cristiano Ronaldo(494M)