The International Cricket Council (ICC) named star Indian batsman Virat Kohli the men’s ICC One-Day International Cricketer of the Year 2023 on Thursday.
The Indian batsman had a fantastic year with the bat, culminating in a record number of runs at the home World Cup, where his performances helped India reach the final. In 2023, Kohli scored 1,337 runs in 27 matches at an average of 72.47.
India’s No. 3 achieved at least a half-century in nine of his 11 innings at the World Cup, finishing with a staggering 765 runs, the highest ever scored by an individual batter at a men’s Cricket World Cup, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s previous mark established in 2003.
Kohli finished the tournament with an average of 95.62 and a strike rate of 90.31, with three centuries, including one in the semi-final against New Zealand.
Kohli has won the ICC Men’s One-Day International Cricketer of the Year award for the fourth time.
The 35-year-old previously won the award in 2012, 2017, and 2018.
Kohli scored six hundred and eight half-centuries in 24 innings in 2023.