India batter Virat Kohli grew to become the quickest batter to achieve 14,000 ODI runs through the Champions Trophy 2025 match in opposition to Pakistan on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
The 36-year-old Kohli surpassed Sachin Tendulkar (350 innings), by reaching the feat in solely 287 innings. Kohli bought to the landmark when he reached 15 runs within the chase in opposition to Pakistan.
Kohli is just the third batter ever to achieve the milestone after Tendulkar and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara who crossed the milestone in 378 innings in 2015. The previous India captain solely took 10 innings to cross from 13,000 to 14,000. In September 2023, Kohli reached his 13,000th ODI run, by the way whereas taking part in Pakistan within the Asia Cup in Colombo.
Kohli then bought to 13,000 in solely 277 innings, 44 innings faster than the earlier record-holder in Tendulkar who bought to the mark in 321 innings. Kohli then went on a tear within the ODI World Cup that 12 months, as he broke Tendulkar’s file for many runs in a single version, with 765 runs. Within the ODI World Cup semi-final, Kohli surpassed Tendulkar’s file along with his fiftieth ODI century.
With over 15,000 runs in total Checklist-A cricket, Kohli ranks fifteenth within the all-time charts and third in ODI cricket behind Tendulkar (18,426) and Sangakkara (14,234). Kohli’s 54 Checklist A centuries are solely bettered by Tendulkar (60).
Kohli is one match away from finishing 300 ODIs and can develop into solely the seventh Indian to achieve the mark after Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Mohammed Azharuddin, Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh.
Quickest to 14,000 ODI runs (innings)
287 – Virat Kohli
350 – Sachin Tendulkar
378 – Kumar Sangakkara
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