INDvSA Test Series: Virat Kohli achieves a unique record!

Team Udayavani, Dec 29, 2023, 3:44 PM IST

Star Indian batter Virat Kohli achieved a unique record during the test match against South Africa. He became the first and only batter to score over 2000 runs in a year for the seventh time.

But it came in a tough match for India, losing badly to South Africa by an innings and 32 runs in Centurion. Kohli’s achievement was a bright spot in India’s rough game, where they also lost points for bowling too slowly.

Kohli scored 38 runs in the first innings but got out to a good ball from Kagiso Rabada. He did better in the second innings, scoring 76 runs off 82 balls, taking him across the 2000-run mark in 2023. He has scored 2006 runs this year.

But South Africa were too strong, bowling India out for only 131 runs and winning the test match.

Kohli’s best test batting performance was 2818 runs scored in 2017. Before this, he did it in 2012 (2186 runs), 2014 (2286 runs), 2016 (2595 runs), 2017 (2818 runs), 2018 (2735 runs), and 2019 (2455 runs). Since international cricket officially started in 1877, no one else has done this.