IPL 2023: Ravi Shastri Names an Indian Batter to Break Virat Kohli’s 973-Run Record in an IPL Season

IPL 2023: The Indian Premier League is by far the biggest T20 tournament to take place in the world. That is why every cricketer wants to play in his lucrative league once in his career. Since 2008, almost every major superstar has competed in this tournament. Meanwhile, there have been a number of big records have been broken in this league since its inception. One of the biggest feats was set by Virat Kohli, who scored the most runs in a single edition of the IPL.

In 2016, the former RCB skipper took his team to the final. Though they lost the final against Sunrisers Hyderabad and ended as runners-up, Virat’s performance in that season is still the best. He scored a mammoth total of 973 runs in just 16 innings at an exceptional average of 81.08 and a strike rate of 152.03. Virat also hit four centuries and seven centuries, with a best of 113.

IPL 2023: Ravi Shastri names an Indian star who can cross the record for most IPL runs in a single season by Virat Kohli (973 runs)

Virat set numerous records in that season and was the only player to cross the 900-run mark in a single edition of a T20 tournament. Jos Buttler was the only other player to come close, but even he couldn’t reach 900 runs. Buttler made 863 runs in 2022 in 17 innings at 57.53 and 149.05, including four centuries and four half-centuries. However, former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri has named an Indian star who is capable of breaking Virat’s record. In a discussion on Star Sports, Shastri said,

Shubman Gill has been in great form over the last 6-7 months across all three formats. In fact, he is the leading run-scorer in 2023 combined in all three formats. Speaking of his performance in the IPL 2023, he started the tournament with a match-winning 63 runs against CSK. But he followed it up with two normal scores of 14 and 39.