‘The GOAT of his era’ – Fans react as Virat Kohli becomes only player to score over 2000 international runs in a calendar year for 7th time

Virat Kohli has achieved a unique feat in cricket. Following his 76 against South Africa in the latest innings at Centurion, Virat completed a total of 2048 runs in 2023. In the process, the star batter became the first and only batter to date to score 2000 or more runs in a single calendar year for 7 times. It is an incredible record and shows the consistency of the batter.

The fact that Virat did it despite not being in good form in the period 2020-22 shows how good of a batter he is. In 2023, Virat was phenomenal in the ODI World Cup 2023 where he scored 765 runs in 11 innings. In Test cricket, he was phenomenal as he scored runs against Australia, West Indies, and South Africa. Despite not playing a T20I game, Virat emerged as the highest run scorer of the year.

In 2012, Virat scored more than 2000 runs in a calendar year for the first time. In the year, Virat scored 2186 runs and established himself as a top batter at a young age. The knocks like 183 against Pakistan and 136 against Sri Lanka at Hobart were the knocks of a genius in the making. In 2014, Virat scored 2286 runs and established himself as one of the best batters of his time.

A peak like no other

2016-2019 was the peak of Virat. In that period, the star batter looked like conquering everything possible in cricket. In 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, he scored over 2000 runs every single year. In 2016, Virat was arguably at his best form across formats and scored 2595 runs including a memorable performance in the T20 World Cup, where he was the Player of the Tournament.

In 2017, Kohli scored 2818 runs, which is the highest he has scored in a calendar year. In 2018, Virat brought his beast form in Test cricket and scored hundreds for fun away from home. in the year, Virat scored 2735 runs. In 2019, Virat scored 2455 runs to become the undisputed All-format great. In 2023, after more than 4 years, Virat scored over 2000 runs in a year (2048 runs) and continued to impress the fans, experts, and cricket lovers.

Here’s how the fans reacted to it: