After making a splash at the tournament last year, Virat Kohli was awarded the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year title. Virat Kohli won this award for the fourth time. Prior to 2023, Virat Kohli was named the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year in 2012, 2017 and 2018. Recently, Virat Kohli was also awarded the Player of the Tournament award in the ODI World Cup. It was as a result of Virat Kohli's performance that Team India managed to reach the final by winning ten games in a row.
Last year, Virat Kohli performed brilliantly in ODI cricket, scoring 1377 runs in 27 matches. Furthermore, Virat Kohli bowled last year after a long gap of seven years and also took a wicket. Virat Kohli came under fire after failing to score a single goal for three years in a row. There were also questions about Virat Kohli's continued presence in the team. But Virat Kohli made a strong comeback in 2022 and his bat spoke loudly in 2023. Virat Kohli scored 765 runs in 11 innings in the World Cup. Furthermore, Virat Kohli broke Sachin Tendulkar's 20-year-old record and also became the highest run-scorer in the ODI World Cup.
There is no other batsman like Virat Kohli in ODI cricket. Virat Kohli is the only batsman in the world to score 50 centuries in ODI cricket. Previously, the record for most centuries belonged to Sachin Tendulkar, who had scored 49 centuries in the ODI format. So far, Virat Kohli has scored 13848 runs in 280 innings of 292 ODI matches at an average of 58.68. Virat Kohli has not only scored 50 centuries in ODIs but also 72 half-centuries.