10 years of Virat Kohli: Year by year in numbers

2016

Virat Kohli scored a staggering 2595 international runs in the calendar year 2016. In every format, he averaged in excess of 75 and in fact, in the two limited-overs formats, he averaged more than 90 (92.38 in ODIs and 106.83 in T20Is). He single-handedly drove India into the semi-final of the World T20 and even scored a fabulous 89 against the Windies in the semis.

In ODI cricket, he kept churning out runs and hundreds at will. He scored 739 runs in 10 innings which included 3 superb tons. In Test cricket, he scaled the 200-run mark for the first time in his career. And once he got there, he kept scoring double tons. He scored 3 double centuries in 2016 (one each against West Indies, New Zealand and England). It was the first time that he registered over 1000 runs in Test cricket in a calendar year.

In 2016, Kohli broke numerous records. He became the fastest to 25 ODI tons, fastest to 7,500 runs in ODI cricket, and only the third captain to score three double tons in a year.

Kohli in 2016

2017

Kohli continued his ominous form in 2017 and continued to churn out hundreds at will. He scored 11 hundreds across formats in 2017 and was by far, the best batsman across formats in the world.

He started the year with a superb 122 against England chasing 350. He then struck his fourth double century in the lone Test against Bangladesh. But he then went through a lull where he scored just 46 runs in 5 innings against Australia at home. But that was the only low of 2017 as he led from the front almost every single time.

He scored 5 Test hundreds in which 3 were double tons and the other two were unbeaten tons. In ODI cricket, he struck 6 tons and went past Ricky Ponting’s 30 ODI hundreds to be ranked second in the list of most ODI tons.

The list will go on and on if one sits down to list the impact knocks Kohli played in 2017. He didn’t have the best years in T20 cricket but yet he surpassed his 2016 tally. He amassed 2818 runs across formats and was the highest run-getter in international cricketer in 2017.

Kohli in 2017