All the records broken by Virat Kohli en route to his 71st international century

Every significant moment in history needed an era of perseverance, a lot of bricks tumbled, and a belief that never faded away. As we talk about history, Virat Kohli was well en route to becoming a historical figure in the antiquity of cricket until 2020 happened. The world came to a standstill as a pandemic raged wide while Virat's on-field character found itself being churned in a vortex of entropy. After all, all great things must come to an end, they say.

The fans had reasons to believe that it would be the end because when you have to wait for something special, every second feels like an era. It eventually came after three staggering years, sweeping away Afghanistan comprehensively in the last match of their Asia Cup campaign. As Virat stayed unbeaten for an overwhelming 122, a handful of records tumbled at the Dubai International Stadium.

Here is the list of all the records that were shattered by Virat Kohli last night against the soaring Afghans:

• Virat Kohli became the highest scorer in an individual T20I innings for Team India going past Rohit Sharma's 118 with an unbeaten 122.
• Kohli became the fourth Indian to rack up the herculean feat of scoring a century in all formats of the game.
• Kohli became the sixth Indian to blitz a T20I century.
• Virat amassed the second highest number of international centuries in the history of cricket as he bagged his 71st ton last night, equalling Punter's 71.
• Kohli also paralleled the records of highest T20 centuries scored by Indians with 6 tons alongside KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma.
• Kohli became the second India batter to blast a century of T20I sixes after Rohit Sharma.
• Kohli's 122 is the highest individual score in any T20I match played in UAE.
• Kohli also became the seventh batter to rack up 24000 international runs, only the third Indian to do so after Dravid and Sachin.
• Kohli is the fastest cricketer to reach 24000 international runs as it came from 522 innings.
• Kohli became the first Indian to score a century in Asia Cup T20I.
• Kohli also equalled the record for the highest number of Player of the Match awards in T20Is, equalling the feat of Mohammad Nabi with 13 awards.