Top 5 Records Virat Kohli Broke in 2023

Virat Kohli is a global icon and the face of the cricketing fraternity over the last few years. The former India captain has achieved many milestones in his prolonged cricketing career. The 35-year-old batter in the 2023 year, finished as the second-leading run-getter of the year in international cricket, smashing 2,048 runs in 36 innings at an average of 66.06 with the aid of eight centuries and 10 fifties, only Shubman Gill has more runs than the veteran batter. 

He also played in eight Test matches, scoring 671 runs at an average of 55.91 with two hundreds and equal fifties. He ended the year with a valiant half-century against South Africa in the Centurion Test. The batter played some match winning knocks in the white-ball cricket whether in Asia Cup or the ODI World Cup 2023. He has been the star performer for the Men in Blue in across all formats of the game. 

Since his comeback century against Afghanistan in the 2022 edition of the Asia Cup, he has never turned back and moved further and surpassed several records and achieved some new feat as well. In the article we will look into the records that Kohli broke in the 2023 year. 

Here are the 5 records that Virat Kohli broke in 2023

5. Fastest player to score 75 international hundreds

Virat Kohli scored 186 runs against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, he became the fastest batter to hit 75 international hundreds. The former India captain reached the milestone in 552 innings to reach the landmark. The 35-year-old is now standing on 80 centuries and Tendulkar is the only other batter with more international hundreds and he might even surpass his cricketing idol in the upcoming years if he continues with his exceptional form. 

4. Most 50+ scores in a single ODI World Cup 

Kohli scored a century against New Zealand in the semi-final of the ODI World Cup 2023, he broke the record for the most 50-plus scores in one edition of the competition. With this, he broke the previous mark of seven shared by Tendulkar (2003) and Shakib Al Hasan (2019) with his eighth 50-plus score of the tournament. With a half-century in the knockout match, Kohli went on to make it nine 50-plus scores in the mega event.

3. First player to score 50 ODI tons

The former India captain, in the semi-final against New Zealand, showed his brilliance, as the batter played a knock of 117 off 113 balls against the Kiwis, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Kohli broke Tendulkar’s long-standing record of 49 ODI centuries in front of his idol. Sachin finished his career with 49 ODI hundreds from 463 matches. Kohli’s century against the Kiwis in Mumbai was his 50th in the ODI format. 

2. Most runs in a single edition of the World Cup

Kohli's ODI World Cup 2023 performance was outstanding. 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. He surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's 673 runs from the 2003 Men's ODI World Cup to set a new record for most runs scored in a single edition. The batter won the Man of the Tournament award though India lost the final against Australia. 

1. First player to score 2,000 international runs in seven different calendar years

The chase master has been the face of Indian cricket over the last decade. He achieved the milestone while batting in the 2nd innings against the Proteas. Now he has achieved another feat by becoming the first ever batter to score 2000+ runs in 7 different calendar years. He has scored (2186 runs in 2012, 2286 runs in 2014, 2595 in  2016, 2818 runs in 2017, 2735 runs in 2018, 2455 runs in 2019, 2048 in 2023) as he broke the record of Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara, who had achieved the same six times in his career.