India’s star batter Virat Kohli clinched the ICC ODI Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2023 award on Thursday, January 25. The legendary batter defeated teammates Shubman Gill and Mohammed Shami to say the prestigious award for the record fourth time.
Kohli loved a sensational turnaround to his type in 2023 as he smashed 2,048 runs in 36 worldwide innings. He was the main run-getter in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 and likewise gained the Player of the Tournament after India’s disappointing loss in the ultimate.
The 35-year-old star recorded eight centuries throughout codecs in 2023, yet one more than main run-getter Shubman Gill. Kohli and Gill have been the solely cricketers to succeed in the 2,000-run mark in worldwide cricket with the latter dominating ODIs with 1584 runs.
Kohli additionally loved a surprising yr in 50-over cricket the place he scored 1377 runs in simply 24 innings with six tons of and eight fifties. Kohli additionally broke Sachin Tendulkar‘s historic record of most ODI tons of throughout the World Cup and have become the first cricketer to register 50 centuries in 50-over cricket.