Virat Kohli becomes first batter to hit 2000 runs in 7 different years

In 2012 (2186 runs), 2014 (2286 runs), 2016 (2595 runs), 2017 (2818 runs), 2018 (2735 runs), and 2019 (2455 runs), Virat Kohli already accomplished the feat.

During India's crushing defeat to South Africa in the first Test on Thursday, veteran batsman Virat Kohli made history by becoming the first player to score 2000 runs in seven different calendar years.

South Africa's accurate pace and Dean Elgar's graceful 185 destroyed India in three days.

When Kagiso Rabada, Marco Jansen, and Nandre Burger proved to be too dangerous for the other batters to handle, Kohli amassed runs rapidly by hitting quick singles and boundaries.

In the innings and 32-run loss to India, he scored 76 off 82 balls, bringing his 2023 total to 2048 runs.

In 2012 (2186 runs), 2014 (2286 runs), 2016 (2595 runs), 2017 (2818 runs), 2018 (2735 runs), and 2019 (2455 runs), he had already accomplished the feat.

When Virat Kohli scored 2000 or more in a calender year
Year	Runs
2012	2186
2014	2286
2016	2595
2017	2818
2019	2455
2023	2048

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Virat Kohli's runs in a calender year | Overall

By Year	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Year 2008	5	5	0	159	54	31.8	239	66.52	0	1	0	21	1
Year 2009	10	8	2	325	107	54.16	385	84.41	1	2	0	36	3
Year 2010	27	25	4	1021	118	48.61	1190	85.79	3	7	3	93	5
Year 2011	43	47	5	1644	117	39.14	2139	76.85	4	10	4	152	9
Year 2012	40	46	5	2186	183	53.31	2923	74.78	8	10	1	238	14
Year 2013	43	43	7	1913	119	53.13	2449	78.11	6	10	3	212	23
Year 2014	38	47	6	2286	169	55.75	2745	83.27	8	12	3	228	33
Year 2015	31	37	3	1307	147	38.44	1985	65.84	4	3	0	119	12
Year 2016	37	41	11	2595	235	86.5	3207	80.91	7	13	0	266	19
Year 2017	46	52	11	2818	243	68.73	3058	92.15	11	10	5	265	36
Year 2018	37	47	7	2735	160*	68.37	3778	72.39	11	9	3	277	23
Year 2019	44	46	8	2455	254*	64.6	2711	90.55	7	14	3	240	34
Year 2020	22	24	1	842	89	36.6	958	87.89	0	7	0	68	15
Year 2021	24	30	4	964	80*	37.07	1590	60.62	0	10	5	95	12
Year 2022	37	42	7	1348	122*	38.51	1584	85.1	2	11	3	131	29
Year 2023	35	36	5	2048	186	66.06	2615	78.31	8	10	1	192	25

Source: ESPNcricinfo
 

Kohli cricket career

Batting Career Summary
Format	Matches	Innings	Not Out	Runs	Highest score	Average	Strike Rate	Hundreds	Double tons	Fifty	Fours	Sixes
Test	112	189	11	8790	254	49.38	55.44	29	7	30	983	25
ODI	292	280	44	13848	183	58.68	93.59	50	0	72	1294	152
T20I	115	107	31	4008	122	52.74	137.97	1	0	37	356	117
IPL	237	229	34	7263	113	37.25	130.02	7	0	50	643	234

Source: Cricbuzz