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Virat Kohli becomes first batter to cross 2000 runs in seven different calendar years

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Virat Kohli Becomes First Batter To Cross 2000 Runs In Seven Different Calendar Years

By IANS News December 28, 2023 • 20:42 PM View: 449

Boxing Day Test: Veteran Indian batter Virat Kohli on Thursday became the first batter to amass 2000+ runs in a calendar year for the record seventh time on Day 3 of the first Boxing Day Test at SuperSport Park.

Virat Kohli surpassed Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara who has the second most (six-time) 2000+ runs in a calendar year.

Virat Kohli (1934) needed 66 runs before the IND vs. SA first Test to reach 2000 runs across formats in 2023. In the first inning, the right-handed batter knocked 38 runs. The modern-day great broke yet another record as soon as he hit 28 runs in the second innings.

TAGS Virat Kohli Veteran Indian Boxing Day Test SuperSport Park Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara South Africa Sachin Tendulkar Rohit Sharma Shubman Gill Yashavi Jaiswal Shreyas Iyer

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