Cricket Awards: Virat became ODI batsman of the year!!!
virat kohli has been selected as the 'Batsman of the Year' in the ODI format at the CEAT cricket Awards 2024. Many legendary cricket players including Matthew Hayden, rohit sharma, tim southee and shreyas iyer were present in this award ceremony. But virat kohli has stolen the show by getting the award for the best batsman in ODIs. india has not played many ODI matches in the year 2024. Meanwhile, kohli played 3 ODIs this year in which he has scored 58 runs. On the other hand, if we talk about ODI cricket, kohli is just 94 runs away from completing 14,000 runs. There is no doubt why Virat has been given the award for the best batsman in ODIs. Meanwhile, former head coach of the indian cricket team rahul dravid also came to the program, who has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
rohit sharma and yashasvi jaiswal were also honored with the award in this program. Talking about runs, kohli has scored 58 runs in ODIs so far this year, while rohit sharma has scored 157 runs in three matches. Still the award has been given to Kohli.
Has said goodbye to t20 cricket
Let us tell you that virat kohli has said goodbye to t20 cricket this year. In the shortest format of cricket, he represented india in a total of 10 matches in the year 2024. He has scored 180 runs in these 10 matches. During this, his highest score was 76 runs and he played this innings against south africa in the final of t20 world cup 2024. virat kohli has already achieved many achievements in international cricket. It is a surprising fact that he is only 58 runs away from completing 27,000 runs in international cricket. Only Ricky Ponting, Kumar Sangakkara and sachin tendulkar are above him in this list.
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