Virat Kohli’s 2017: Top 10 centuries scored by the Indian captain this year

Virat Kohli was handed over the full-time captaincy earlier this year after MS Dhoni stepped down from the helm position. After successfully leading India in the longer format, Kohli celebrated his new position with a phenomenal ton against England. This was the first match of the bilateral series between India and England in Pune where the hosts were handed over a mammoth target of 351 runs. India were reeling at 63/4 when Kohli along with Kedar Jadhav put on a partnership of 200 runs for the fifth wicket. The skipper scored 122 while Jadhav notched up 120 runs. India eventually won the match by 3 wickets sparing 11 deliveries. (Source: Reuters)

Virat Kohli notched up his first double hundred of the year against Bangladesh in off-Test in Bangalore.

Virat Kohli scored 111* against West Indies in Kingston. (Source: AP)

India traveled to Sri Lanka after touring West Indies and had a brilliant run against the Islanders. India skipper Virat Kohli scored a ton in the fourth match in Colombo. The visitors after batting first rode on Kohli's 131 to smash 375/5 in allotted 50 overs. Sri Lanka in reply were bundled out for 207 as India won the match by 168 runs. (Source: Reuters)

The Indian team wrapped up the five-match series 5-0 against Sri Lanka after winning the final ODI by 6 wickets. The Virat Kohli-led team was chasing 239 runs in Colombo. They lost Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane early in the chase but skipper Kohli took the charge and scored a match-winning 110* to take his team home by 6 wickets. (Source: Reuters)

Virat Kohli continued his dominating run with the bat and scored a hundred against New Zealand at home. The right-hander smashed 121 at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium as India compiled 280/8 in 50 overs. The captain's hundred though went in vain as Tom Latham's unbeaten century and Ross Taylor's 95 guided the Kiwis home by 6 wickets. (Source: Express Photo)

Virat Kohli ended the year's limited overs fixtures with another hundred. India were playing the third ODI against the Blackcaps in Kanpur. Batting first, the home side rode on Rohit Sharma's 147 and Kohli's 113 to put on 337/6 on the scoreboard. In reply, the Kiwis failed to chase the target and lost the match by 6 runs. (Source: Express Photo)

Virat Kohli faced a rough patch against Australia in Tests at home but made a comeback soon. He scored an unbeaten 103 against Sri Lanka in Galle Test and three innings later notched up another ton against the same opposition but this time at home turf. Kohli scored 104* in Kolkata in a match that ended in a draw. (Source: Reuters)

Virat Kohli then scored his second double hundred of the year when he faced the Lankan lions in Nagpur. India eventually won this match by an innings and 239 runs. (Source: PTI)

Virat Kohli scored his career best 243 against Sri Lanka in the first innings of the third match at his home ground, Feroz Shah Kotla. Kohli scored 243 and then smashed 50 runs in the second innings. The match ended in a draw. (Source: AP)