Virat Kohli collapsed several records against Pakistan. First he broke the record of the most catches of Mohammad Azharuddin while fielding. When the turn of the batting came, Kohli broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record. Kohli completed 14 thousand runs in ODIs against Pakistan. Sachin Tendulkar had completed 14 thousand runs in 350 innings of 359 matches.
At the same time, Virat Kohli achieved this feat in 287 innings of 299 matches. Kohli is still the only batsman to have completed 14000 runs in less than 300 ODIs. This is a unique record in itself. Kohli needed 15 runs to reach this figure. He reached here by hitting Haris Rauf in the covers in the 13th over. He completed 13000 ODI runs during the Asia Cup in Colombo against Pakistan in September 2023.
Only third batsman crosses 14 thousand in ODI
Let us know that in ODIs, Virat Kohli is the only third batsman in the world, who has crossed 14000. Prior to him, Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara have achieved this feat. Former Sri Lankan captain and wicketkeeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara achieved this feat in 378 innings of 402 matches.
Sachin has scored 18426 runs in 452 innings of a total of 463 ODIs. At the same time, Kumar Sangakkara has scored 14234 runs in 380 innings of 404 matches. Kohli is followed by former Australia captain Ricky Ponting at number four. Ponting’s name has 13704 runs in 375 matches in ODIs.
Talking about the current era batsmen, Rohit Sharma is the batsman who is closest to Kohli. Rohit has scored 11049 runs in 262 innings of 270 matches. Significantly, Virat Kohli made his ODI debut in the year 2008. He has played a total of 299 ODIs for India. During the 2023 ODI World Cup, Kohli broke another record of Sachin. He scored a 50th ODI century against New Zealand in the semi -finals.
Azhar’s record was broken today
Kohli also broke the record of Mohammad Azharuddin of the highest catches of an Indian regional in ODI cricket in this match against Pakistan. Kohli caught the 157th catch in his 299th match. Azhar took 156 catches by playing 334 ODIs between 1985 and 2000. Kohli caught a catch by diving a dive by running a dive from Pakistan’s Nasim Shah running from Kuldeep Yadav. He also took a catch of Khushdil Shah in Deep Midwick off Harshit Rana.
