Virat Kohli on Sunday (February 23, 2025) created historical past as he grew to become the quickest batter to score 14,000 runs in One-Day Internationals in the course of the Champions Trophy conflict towards Pakistan in Dubai.
Kohli is now solely the third batsman in ODI cricket to have scored 14,000 runs, after the legendary Indian Sachin Tendulkar (18,246 runs) and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara (14,234 runs).
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Kohli is the quickest-ever to the milestone, having accomplished his 14,000 ODI runs in 287 innings. Before him, Tendulkar had taken 350 innings to attain the feat whereas Sangakkara took 378 outings.
The India No. 3 wanted solely 15 runs on Sunday (February 23, 2025) to attain the milestone, which he did with a 4 by means of covers off Haris Rauf in the thirteenth over of the run chase.
The 36-year-old modern-day nice was additionally the quickest to 13,000 runs, which he had accomplished in September 2023 towards Pakistan in Colombo in the course of the Asia Cup.
Kohli already holds the file for scoring most ODI centuries (50), having gone previous Tendulkar in the course of the 2023 World Cup semifinal towards New Zealand in Mumbai.
Earlier in the sport towards Pakistan, Kohli had gone previous former captain Mohammad Azharuddin’s file of most catches by any Indian fielder when he took his 157th catch in his 299th ODI.
Azharuddin had taken 156 catches in his 334 ODIs for India between 1985-2000.
Kohli took a ahead diving catch after operating in from lengthy on to dismiss Pakistan’s Naseem Shah off Kuldeep Yadav. He then took his 158th catch when he grabbed his second of the match at deep midwicket to dismiss Khushdil Shah off Harshit Rana.
Published – February 23, 2025 08:18 pm IST
