Kohli falls 51 runs short of making most runs ever in a year
Virat Kohli, who played his last international innings of 2017 on Tuesday, fell 51 runs short of scoring most international runs ever in a calendar year. Kohli's tally of 2,818 runs in 2017 is the third-highest behind Ricky Ponting (2,833 runs, 2005) and Kumar Sangakkara (2,868, 2014). However, Kohli's average of 68.73 in 2017 is the highest among the three.