The premium batsman of Indian cricket team Virat Kohli has set a new record as he breached the 2000-run mark in a calendar year for the 7th time.
The premium batter of Indian cricket team Virat Kohli became the first batter to score 2000 runs in seven different calendar years during India’s crushing defeat to South Africa in the 1st Test on Thursday. Dean Elgar’s elegant 185 combined with South Africa’s precise pace flattened India within three days. When the rest of the batters failed to deal with the deadly pace trio of Kagiso Rabada, Marco Jansen, and Nandre Burger, Kohli churned up runs with quick singles and boundaries.
He scored 76 runs off 82 balls during India’s defeat by an innings and 32 runs, which took his tally to 2006 runs in 2023. He had previously achieved the feat in 2012 (2186 runs), 2014 (2286 runs), 2016 (2595 runs), 2017 (2818 runs), 2018 (2735 runs), and 2019 (2455 runs). No other player, since international cricket was first played in 1877 (as per the official record), has achieved the feat.
Coming to day 3 action, India captain Rohit Sharma’s dreadful run in South Africa, especially against Kagiso Rabada, continued. The inward angling delivery of Rabada left Rohit baffled as he failed to read the line, which resulted in the ball crashing into the stumps.
