Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli Has made another big world record in its name. India may have lost the first Test match against South Africa on Thursday, but Virat completed his 2000 runs in a calendar year. This is the seventh time when Virat has scored 2000 or more runs in a calendar year. No batsman in the world has done this feat before. Rohit Sharma The team led by K.K. had to face defeat by an innings and 32 runs in Centurion. The Indian team looked without any preparation. Virat scored a half-century in the second innings.
Virat crossed the score of 2000 7 times
Virat Kohli scored 76 runs in 82 balls. With the help of this innings, his 2006 runs were completed in 2023. Virat has previously achieved this feat in 2012 (2186 runs), 2014 (2286 runs), 2016 (2595 runs), 2017 (2818 runs), 2018 (2735 runs) and 2019 (2455 runs). This has happened for the first time in 146 years of cricket history. According to official records, the first international cricket was played in 1877. Since then no other player has achieved this feat.
The match ended on the third day itself
Talking about the match, it ended on the third day itself. In Centurion, generally four days is enough time for the results of any test. The bowlers get extra bounce and turn on the grass pitch here. In the match, Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s poor form continued in South Africa, especially against Kagiso Rabada. In the second innings, Rohit was out without opening the account. He faced eight balls.
Rohit Sharma becomes Rabada’s victim again
This is the seventh time Rohit has been out against Kagiso Rabada in 11 innings. After this, Jaiswal also returned to the pavilion on a personal score of five runs. It seemed that Shubman Gill would have a good time on the field but his attempt to play a shot beyond the straight line failed. Gill contributed 26 (37 balls) runs. After this, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahu also got settled quickly.
Many big records in Virat’s name
In the end, Prasidh Krishna fought hard but Jansen dismissed Kohli (76 runs) and India lost. This year has been very wonderful for Virat Kohli. He played a lot of cricket and made many records in his name. During the World Cup, he also broke Sachin’s record of 49 ODI centuries. Now he has 50 ODI centuries to his name. Till now Virat has scored 29 centuries in Test cricket. He has also scored a century in T20 International. This batsman has 7 centuries in his name in IPL.