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In the Centurion Test, India suffered a humiliating defeat by an innings and 32 runs at the hands of South Africa. Despite this defeat, Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli managed to create history. King Kohli scored 76 runs in the second innings against the hosts, with this innings he once again managed to cross the 2000 international runs mark in the year 2023. Virat Kohli now holds the world record of scoring more than 2000 international runs 7 times in a calendar year. In this regard, the Indian run machine has beaten former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara, who achieved the feat 6 times in his career.
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Batsman to score most 2000 runs in a calendar year
Virat Kohli- 7*
Kumar Sangakkara- 6
Mahela Jayawardene – 5
Sachin Tendulkar – 5
Jacques Kallis – 4
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Kohli first achieved the feat of scoring 2000 international runs in a calendar year in 2012, becoming the sixth Indian batsman to do so. After this he has achieved this feat in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and now in 2023.
Virat Kohli currently holds the record for most international runs for India in a calendar year with 2818. He did this feat in 2017. To score 2818 runs, he played 46 matches at an average of 68.73, while scoring 11 centuries and 10 fifties with the bat that year.
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However, an embarrassing record was added to Kohli’s name in the Centurion Test against South Africa. This is the record for the most runs scored in a defeat by India in the history of the World Test Championship. Kohli has scored a total of 2177 runs in the WTC so far, of which 669 runs came with the bat in India’s defeat. This record was previously held by Cheteshwar Pujara.
Virat Kohli- 669
Cheteshwar Pujara- 634
Rishabh Pant- 557
Ajinkya Rahane- 429
Ravindra Jadeja- 276