The shining star in India’s batting order in the second innings of the first Test match against South Africa, Virat Kohli became the first batter to score 2,000 runs in seven different calendar years even as India fell to a crushing defeat against the Proteas on Thursday.
Dean Elgar’s graceful innings of 185, along with South Africa’s accurate fast bowling, led to India’s defeat in just three days.
When the other batters struggled against Kagiso Rabada, Marco Jansen, and Nandre Burger’s formidable pace, Virat Kohli scored runs through fast singles and boundaries.
In India’s loss by an innings and 32 runs, he made 76 runs from 82 balls, bringing his total to 2,006 runs in 2023.
Virat Kohli had previously accomplished this in 2012 (2,186 runs), 2014 (2,286 runs), 2016 (2,595 runs), 2017 (2,818 runs), 2018 (2,735 runs), and 2019 (2,455 runs).
