Veteran Indian batsman Virat Kohli has been awarded the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2023 award for his excellent year in ODI cricket. ICC announced this through social media.

This year was excellent with the bat for Virat Kohli. He also scored a lot of runs in the ODI World Cup. His contribution played a major role in taking India to the final.

Was Player of the Tournament in 2023 ODI World Cup

The Indian star batsman made a brilliant comeback in 2022 and showed great performance in 2023. He finished it off with Player of the Tournament in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. Kohli scored at least a half-century in nine of his 11 innings in the World Cup and scored 765 runs, which included three centuries.

Kohli scored these runs in the tournament at an average of 95.62 and strike rate of 90.31. This is the highest score ever made by an individual batsman in the Men’s Cricket World Cup, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s score in 2003.

Completed the record of 50 ODI centuries

The former Indian captain completed the record of 50 ODI centuries with his explosive innings against New Zealand in the semi-final, making him the player with the most number of centuries in ODI cricket history. He left Sachin Tendulkar behind.

However, he finished the tournament with another half-century in the final, but India failed to win the final. Nonetheless, he finished the year with 1377 runs at an average of 72.47, scoring six centuries and eight half-centuries in 24 innings.

Currently, Virat Kohli is ready to play a five-match T20 series against England. However, he has withdrawn his name from the first two Test matches due to personal reasons.