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Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli has been the face of the cricketing fraternity over the years. The former India captain has been in exceptional form in the 2023 year. With eight hundred and ten fifties, the 35-year-old batsman completed 2023 as the second-highest run scorer in international cricket. With 2,048 runs in 36 innings at an average of 66.06, he was behind Shubman Gill who was the highest scored in 2023. The 35-year-old has now scored 80 centuries. If he keeps up his amazing form, he may even beat his cricketing idol Sachin Tendulkar in upcoming years.
Cricket experts and commentators were pleased with his sensational display of batting in 2023. They were mesmerised by the fact they were watching him play live. Harsha Bhogle is the recent one to comment about his form, and the year he has gone through. Harsha talks about Kohli's average in the test matches in eight Test matches, scoring 671 runs at an average of 55.91 with two hundred and as many fifties.
The 35-year-old batter had stellar ODI World Cup 2023. He scored three hundred and six fifties with 765 runs at an average of 95.62 with a strike rate of 90.31 in 11 games. The batter won the most Man of the Match awards in the major tournaments.
Here's the video
Harsha Bhogle on Virat Kohli's 2023 performance.pic.twitter.com/2ohwm2jRqs
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Virat Kohli came storming back at a fabulous World Cup: Harsha Bhogle
The cricketing expert said, "After a couple of indifferent years, Virat Kohli came storming back at a fabulous World Cup. He averaged 50 in Test match cricket. But his enthusiasm for the game is energy for the game. I once said that if you use Virat Kohli as Energy to light up a city, you'll never have a power cut. And he's still playing with the same intensity and the same fitness. That is critical. As he gets older, he is playing with the same level and starting to score runs again."
The batter is currently in South Africa playing the two-match test series as the Men in Blue lost in the first test and they are looking for a fight back in the 2nd Test.