December 26, 2022
Sports Tak Staff
Since 2011, Virat Kohli has dominated the list of Indian batters who have scored the most runs in a calendar year across formats. But 2022 came with a list full of surprises.
Since 2011, Kohli scored the most runs in a calendar year eight times. In the remaining 4 years, four different Indian batters remained on top.
Now Shreyas Iyer has also made it to the list of Indian batters who scored the most runs in a calendar year. Let's take a look at the list Indian batters who hogged limelight in terms of scoring most runs in a year from 2011 to 2022.
Virat Kohli scored the most runs for four consecutive years from 2011 to 2014. He scored 1644, 2186, 1913 and 2286 runs respectively during this period.
Kohli's dominance was challenged by Ajinkya Rahane when he scored the most runs in 2015. His amassed 1352 runs that year.
From 2016 to 2019, Kohli again reigned supreme. He amassed 2595, 2818, 2735 and 2455 runs respectively in this period.
In 2020, KL Rahul amassed most runs for India in a calendar year with 847 runs.
In 2021, Rohit Sharma remained the top scorer for India as he amassed 1420 runs.
In the year 2022, Shreyas left everyone behind and remained India's highest scorer with 1609 runs.