2016 was a dream year for Virat. Kohli had a monumental task of building the innings as well as ensuring the run rate does not drop. Watch: Rare Gangetic dolphin beaten to death in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh, No breakthrough in fresh round of Centre-farmers' talks, next meeting on January 15, Copyright © 2021 Living Media India Limited. Virat Kohli scored a record-breaking 973 runs in the 2016 IPL, the most in a season. Media outlets like us are running out of adjectives to describe him and statisticians start working overtime whenever Kohli comes out to bat. Tendulkar had taken 247 innings to score 26 centuries. Virat Kohli scored a record-breaking 973 runs in the 2016 IPL, the most in a season. Virat Kohli scored 1215 & 1059 in the years- 2016 & 2017 respectively, with the average striking above 75 both the time. Virat Kohli has played 36 international matches in 2016 and scored 2580 runs from 40 innings. 11:30 IST | 06:00 GMT, 03 Feb, 2021 Run-machine, chasemaster, leader and a global superstar - Kohli was born to bat and score runs. Kohli has been an unstoppable force in 2016. The cricketer’s penchant for plundering consistent runs across all formats has made him one of the icons of modern-day batsmanship. However, RCB have played one game less, so a win for them will bring them back into contention. Virat Kohli had a breakthrough season in 2016 when he scaled new heights. (Also read: Red-hot India will have their tails up in grudge series against England). Even then, his T20 performances, that year (2016), had been phenomenal. Team India reluctant to travel to Brisbane for fourth Test against Australia To be honest, he is breaking his own feats every year himself. In the two innings when India have batted first, he has scored only 36, but in four chases, he has made 218 runs and been dismissed only once (on 49 in the 2016 Asia Cup). However, he revealed his favorite knock was against Australia in the 2016 T20 World Cup. From watching Kohli's aggression on the field to seeing him grow a senior player in the squad to leading the team to greater heights, the 32-year-old cricketer has attained several milestones in his illustrious journey. It is a though game to predict. He also became the second Indian to score 1,000 runs in a year, after Suresh Raina became the first person to do so in 2012. Kohli recently equalled Tendulkar's world record of scoring 14 tons in successful run chases when his unbeaten 154 guided India to a 7-wicket win over New Zealand in the third ODI at Mohali. Kohli decided to drop anchor, as he usually does. Indian cricketer Virat Kohli was the most dominant force across formats in 2016. He relied on his fit… But it's the way Kohli scores his runs which makes him stand out from his competitors. Tendulkar was dismissed 17 times in the 90s in 452 innings whereas Kohli has only failed to score a ton four times when he's entered that stage in 166 innings. © 2021 Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited. 11:00 IST | 05:30 GMT, 26 Jan, 2021 It would be safe to say that the 50-over format is Kohli's favourite in terms of the sheer number of runs he has scored in just 8 years. India reached the finals, and Kohli scored important 35 runs in the finals against Sri Lanka. Virat Kohli is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the India national team. The rate at which he has been scoring runs this year has been tremendous, to say the least. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) opener and skipper Virat Kohli scored his 1,000 runs in Twenty20 (T20) cricket in 2016, as he achieved the feat against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) … England star Joe Root is the leading run-scorer in international cricket this year, followed by Kohli in second position. But to become a great player, you need an attitude like Virat Kohli." RCB registered a massive win of 144 runs over Suresh Raina-led Gujarat Lions. Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram, 25 Jan, 2021 Whatever Virat Kohli has touched this year has turned into gold and we hope to see many more years like this from him.Once again, many many happy returns of the day! At this age and at the peak of his career, Kohli has already scored 26 tons in 166 innings, the fastest by any batsman by a long way and is fourth on the list of players with most ODI centuries. Given how brilliantly Kohli and de Villiers have played throughout IPL 9, RCB deserve some luck. Fresh round of Centre-farmers' talks fail to yield any result, what's next? Only Sarfaraz Khan and Kedar Jadhav were to follow. He has scored 25 Test centuries so far and 6 Double Centuries in Tests. Virat Kohli named Male Cricketer of the Decade PTI Photo He is right up there. Virat Kohli. In the same match, RCB’s AB de Villiers also scored 129 not out in 52 deliveries. What this means is that a win now will help RCB leapfrog SRH on the points table. Live Cricket Updates: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2016 Match 27 at Hyderabad. - Only Indian Test captain to score two double hundreds. It was a virtual quarterfinal between the two teams and the Men in Blue were chasing 161 runs to progress. Watson and AB De Villiers had been dismissed with the score on 59 in the eighth over of the innings. That is at an average of 88.96 with seven centuries during this period and 13 half centuries. On top of that, he lead the Indian Test team to series wins against West Indies and New Zealand and single-handedly powered Royal Challengers Bangalore to the final of the IPL this season. RCB skipper Virat Kohli became the first Indian cricketer and seventh player overall to reach 9000 T20 runs during an IPL game against DC in Dubai on Monday. "Kohli is as good as it gets. Root's former teammate and England great Kevin Pietersen also says that even though Root has scored more runs than Kohli in 2016, there is still no comparison between the two as the Indian batsman has been way ahead in terms of his numbers. The middle order was inexperienced, with KL Rahul playing only his third IPL game. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar once said, "To become a good player, you need talent. 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