<P> Kohli was appointed the vice-captain of the ODI team in 2012 and handed over the Test captaincy following Mahendra Singh Dhoni 's Test retirement in 2014 . In early 2017 , he became the limited - overs captain as well after Dhoni stepped down from the position . In ODIs , Kohli has the second highest number of centuries and the highest number of centuries in run - chases in the world . Kohli holds numerous Indian batting records including the fastest ODI century , the fastest batsman to 5,000 ODI runs and the fastest to 10 ODI centuries . He is only the second batsman in the world to have scored 1,000 or more ODI runs for four consecutive calendar years . Among the T20I world records held by Kohli are : the fastest batsman to 1,000 runs , most runs in a calendar year and most fifties in the format . He also holds the records of most runs in a single tournament of both the World Twenty20 and the IPL . He also has the highest historic rating points for an Indian batsman in ODIs ( 909 points ) and T20Is ( 897 points ) in ICC rankings and 2nd highest rating points in Tests ( 912 points ) behind only Sunil Gavaskar . He is the only batsman in history to average over 50 in Test matches , ODIs and T20Is simultaneously . </P>
<P> Kohli was appointed the vice-captain of the ODI team in 2012 and handed over the Test captaincy following Mahendra Singh Dhoni 's Test retirement in 2014 . In early 2017 , he became the limited - overs captain as well after Dhoni stepped down from the position . In ODIs , Kohli has the second highest number of centuries and the highest number of centuries in run - chases in the world . Kohli holds numerous Indian batting records including the fastest ODI century , the fastest batsman to 5,000 ODI runs and the fastest to 10 ODI centuries . He is only the second batsman in the world to have scored 1,000 or more ODI runs for four consecutive calendar years . Among the T20I world records held by Kohli are : the fastest batsman to 1,000 runs , most runs in a calendar year and most fifties in the format . He also holds the records of most runs in a single tournament of both the World Twenty20 and the IPL . He also has the highest historic rating points for an Indian batsman in ODIs ( 909 points ) and T20Is ( 897 points ) in ICC rankings and 2nd highest rating points in Tests ( 912 points ) behind only Sunil Gavaskar . He is the only batsman in history to average over 50 in Test matches , ODIs and T20Is simultaneously . </P>
when did virat kohli became captain of indian cricket team
when did virat kohli became captain of indian cricket team
2014
2014