10 years of Virat Kohli: Year by year in numbers

2010

In 2010, Virat Kohli nailed down a spot in the Indian limited-overs set-up. He got a lot more chances at No. 3 and he was one of India’s most consistent players. He scored 3 hundreds (one each against Bangladesh, Australia and New Zealand) in 2010 – all of which drove India to victory. He also scored 7 fifties throughout the year.

Early in the year, he scored consistently in the tri-series involving Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. He put in a couple of decent performances against a quality South African attack. His form saw a minor dip in Sri Lanka before scoring heavily against Australia and New Zealand towards the end of the year.

Kohli also made his T20I debut that year in Zimbabwe. He scored an unbeaten 26 which helped India polish off the 112-run chase.

2011

First World Cup hundred, World Cup winner, Test debut, Maiden Test fifty – all came in the year 2011. It was indeed a special year. Kohli started the year with some consistent performances in the ODI series in South Africa. He scored a couple of fifties and was dismissed only once in single-digits.

Then came the World Cup where his small contributions helped India quite a bit and his 35 in the final was a very important knock in the context of the game. He then went on to score ODI hundreds against England (both home and away) and West Indies. For the first time in his career, he scaled more than 1000 ODI runs in a calendar year.

He made his Test debut in June in West Indies that year. It wasn’t the most fruitful start to his Test career as he could only muster 76 runs in his first 5 innings. He then scored a couple of fifties against the same opposition at home and was selected for the tour to Australia. His year ended with 11 and 0 at the MCG.

In T20Is, he could only score 61 runs as it turned out to be another year dominated by ODI cricket for Kohli.