Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli made a great record in his name at the end of the year 2025. He has broken the record of veteran Viv Richards in a particular matter. Virat recently scored 302 runs in 3 matches in the series against South Africa. Which included two centuries and one fifty. After his brilliant performance in this series, he has come second in the ICC ODI rankings. India’s Rohit Sharma is at number one. Virat finished in top 2 in the year 2025 ODI rankings. With this he made a big record in his name.
Virat Kohli did such a feat for the 10th time in ODI
For the 10th time in his ODI career, Virat Kohli has ended a calendar year by being in the top-2 in the ICC rankings. Virat ended his year as the number-1 batsman in the ICC ODI rankings in the years 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. At the same time, in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021 and 2025, he was second in the ICC ODI rankings. Till now no player has been able to achieve such a feat.
Virat broke Viv Richards’ record
In this matter, Virat has broken an old record of former West Indies batsman Vivian Richards. Richards had finished a calendar year in the top-2 9 times during his career. Till now, this record among batsmen was jointly held by Kohli and Viv Richards. If we talk about bowlers, former South African captain Shaun Pollock had been in the top-2 9 times in his career, out of which 7 times he had finished a calendar year at the first position. Virat has now left behind both Richards and Pollock.
Virat Kohli scored a lot of runs in ODI this year
Talking about Virat Kohli, after the South Africa series, he was recently seen playing in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. He scored a century in the match against Andhra in this tournament. In the year 2025, Virat Kohli has done wonders in ODIs. He played 13 matches and scored 651 runs at an average of 65.10. He scored the most runs for India and became the first Indian to score 18,000 runs in winning matches.
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