Indian team’s experienced batsman Virat Kohli gave a crushing defeat to famous footballer Lionel Messi in Pubity Athlete Of The Year 2023. Virat Kohli defeated Lionel Messi 78-22 in the final voting count.

Let us tell you, Pubity is an online community which has more than 20 channels. Not only this, he has more than 35 million followers on his official Instagram account. Their sister channel – Pubity Sports organized a voting system, allowing fans to choose the athlete of the year. Apart from Kohli and Messi, this list includes Cristiano Ronaldo, Novak Djokovic, Pat Cummins, LeBron James, Erling Haaland and Max Verstappen.

In the knockout format, one athlete defeated the other and in the end the battle was between Messi and Kohli. Virat Kohli won this battle by a huge margin.

The year 2023 is in the name of Virat Kohli

In the year 2023, Virat Kohli batted very well for the Indian team and played an important role in his team’s victory. Virat Kohli was the highest run-scorer in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. Virat Kohli had scored 765 runs in 11 innings in this important tournament. It was because of his batting that India made its place in the finals of this important tournament. However, they had to face defeat against Australia in the final.

At present, the Indian team is playing a test series against South Africa, the first test of which was played in Centurion. In this match also, Virat Kohli batted very well and scored 76 runs in the second innings. Even though the Indian team has lost the first test match, they would definitely like to win the second one. Let us tell you, the second test match is starting from January 3 in Cape Town. At present South Africa is leading 1-0 in this test series.