Australia vs India 2018-19: 7 milestones in sight for Indian team in the Test series

#7 Virat Kohli is 393 runs away from Sangakkara's record of most runs across formats in a year

In 2018 so far, Kohli has made 2476 runs from 41 innings in 34 matches, at an average of 72.82

Kumar Sangakkara made an amazing record in 2014, when he made 2868 runs from 57 innings in 48 matches, at an average of 53.11. There were eight hundreds and 18 fifties among them, including a best score of 319 runs.

The record has been untouched since then, as the most runs scored across formats in a calendar year.

In 2017, Virat Kohli made 2818 runs from 52 innings in 46 matches and came within a whisker of breaking it. This year again, he has another chance to actually better it.

In 2018 so far, Kohli has made 2476 runs from 41 innings in 34 matches, at an average of 72.82 - including 10 tons and eight fifties.

He needs another 393 runs to break Sanga's record, and given that he has another 6 innings at most before the year runs out, there is a real chance that it may happen.