On Thursday (December 28), Team India veteran Virat Kohli broke another major milestone, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, and Sourav Ganguly, among others. For the seventh time, Virat Kohli became the first batsman to score 2000+ runs in a calendar year.
Batters with 2000+ runs in a year:
- Virat Kohli – 7*
- Kumar Sangakkara – 6
- Mahela Jayawardene – 5
- Sachin Tendulkar – 5
- Jacques Kallis – 4
- Matthew Hayden – 4
- Ricky Ponting – 4
- Sourav Ganguly – 4
