Just 2020 things! Virat Kohli fails to score an international hundred in calendar year for first time since debut

On the day of India's horrifying collpase at the Adelaide Oval, succumbing to their lowest ever total in Test cricket history, Indian skipper Virat Kohli recorded an unwanted personal feat following his dismissal on day 3 of the first Test against Australia.

For the first time in his international career, since his debut year in 2008, Kohli has failed to score an international hundred in any format of the game. Among the very many predictions made at the start of this year, Kohli inchining closer to Sachin Tendulkar's international tally of hundreds were one. But the 31-year-old, in his 22 appearances across format in a pandemic-interrupted year, failed to score a single century.

Five times he did come close to the triple-figure mark, all against Australia across home and away contests, his most recent being a gritty and well-carved 74 in the first innings in the Adelaide Test before an unfortunate run-out ended his run. He was eventually dismissed for just four runs in his final innings of the year, finishing with 842 runs.

His tally of half-centuries, seven in 2020, is also the lowest he has amassed since 2015 when he had scored just three fifties, with four centuries. His international average for the year also stands lowest among all calendar years since his debut.

Year	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	100	50
2008	5	5	159	31.8	0	1
2009	10	8	325	54.16	1	2
2010	27	25	1021	48.61	3	7
2011	43	47	1644	39.14	4	10
2012	40	46	2186	53.31	8	10
2013	43	43	1913	53.13	6	10
2014	38	47	2286	55.75	8	12
2015	31	37	1307	38.44	4	3
2016	37	41	2595	86.5	7	13
2017	46	52	2818	68.73	11	10
2018	37	47	2735	68.37	11	9
2019	44	46	2455	64.6	7	14
2020	22	24	842	36.6	0	7

Although India have one more international gamne left before 2020 ends, the Boxing-Day Test against Australia in Melbourne, Kohli will not be part of the game as he will be away on paternal leave for the birth of his first child.