Virat Kohli in 2017

Virat Kohli had an incredible 2017, many might argue that this was Kohli best year so far. The skipper was unstoppable across all formats, number one ranked batsman in ODI and T20, and second in Test cricket. He scored an incredible 1059 runs in 10 Test, 1460 runs in 26 ODIs and 299 runs in 10 T20I, such stats are mind-blowing.

• While scoring runs and leading the Men in Blue in all format of the game, he broke and set new records.
• Kohli became the third ever highest run-scorer in a calendar year. He scored 2,818 runs across all formats
• Kohli became India's highest-run scorer as captain across all formats in a calendar year
• He scored the fourth highest runs in a three-match Test series, scoring 610 against Sri Lanka in 2017. He only played five innings.
• Kohli scored six hundred in 2017, and in the process also jumped to second place in the most number of hundreds in the fifty-over game. He has struck 32 tons, 17 behind legend Sachin Tendulkar.
• Virat Kohli broke Brian Lara's record for most double hundreds as captain after completing his sixth double ton in December 2017.
• Kohli hit back-to-back double hundreds against Sri Lanka, becoming only the fourth person to achieve this feat.
• He has scored the most number of centuries as India skipper (13)