In the recently completed Boxing Day Test match between South Africa and India in Centurion, Virat Kohli went onto record 2000-plus runs (2048) in this international calendar year and achieved a new feat. In first Test match against South Africa, Kohli fought a lone battle as he only scored 76 runs of team total of 131 runs in the 2nd innings for India.
Here, in this article we will have a look at the list of batters who scored most international runs in 2023.
Most runs in international cricket in 2023:
- Shubman Gill - 2154 (52 inns)
- Virat Kohli - 2048 (36 inns)
- Daryl Mitchell - 1970 (53 inns)
- Rohit Sharma - 1800 (39 inns)
- Travis Head - 1698 (42 inns)
- Kusal Mendis - 1690 (46 inns)
- Najmul Hossain Shanto - 1633 (43 inns)
- Marnus Labuschagne - 1629 (45 inns)
- Muhammad Waseem - 1588 (45 inns)
- Mitchell Marsh - 1584 (33 inns)
Virat Kohli in 2023:
- Tests - 671 runs (12 inns)
- ODIs - 1377 runs (24 inns)
Virat Kohli despite not playing a single T20I match in this calendar year has went onto record 2000-plus runs in international cricket.
Most runs recorded by Virat Kohli in a single calendar year in international cricket:
- 2818 runs (2017)
- 2735 runs (2018)
- 2595 runs (2016)
- 2455 runs (2019)
- 2286 runs (2014)
- 2186 runs (2012)
- 2048 runs (2023)
Virat Kohli for the seventh time has completed the milestone of recording 2000-plus runs in an international cricket year.
Most times scoring 2000+ plus international runs in a calendar year:
- Virat Kohli - 7 times (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023)
- Kumar Sangakkara - 6 times (2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014)
- Sachin Tendulkar - 5 times (1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2007)
- Mahela Jayawardene - 5 times (2001, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014)
