Batsmen whose record Kohli broke to become the fastest to 1000 ODI runs in a calender year

#1 15 innings - Virat Kohli in 2012

Kohli came of age in 2012.

If 2010 was the year of reckoning for Hashim Amla, 2012 turned to be the watershed season for India's Virat Kohli.

Kohli kickstarted 2012 following questions on his credentials as a Test batsman after twin failures at Melbourne and Sydney. A tenacious 75 at Perth was followed by a path-breaking hundred at the Adelaide Oval.

India may have lost the series 0-4 but they unearth a beast that was ready to take World Cricket by storm.

Lasith Malinga and Sri Lanka were the first to face the wrath of Kohli as the Delhi batsman plummeted them to all corners of Hobart to help India chase down 321 in 36 overs.

Kohli followed the 133 that he scored at Hobart with another swashbuckling performance, scoring 183 with disdain against arch-rivals Pakistan to chase down 338.

Kohli continued his run-of-form for the remainder of 2012 to equal Amla's record of fastest [15 innings] to 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year.

In 17 ODIs, Kohli racked up 1026 runs that included 5 100s at an average of 68.50.