Virat Kohli missed scoring 14,000 ODI runs, chance to break Sachin's record in the next match
In the second match of the ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025, the Indian team faced Bangladesh. Bangladesh batted first and scored 228 runs. In this match, Mohammed Shami took 5 wickets while Rohit Sharma completed 11,000 runs in ODI cricket. During this, Virat Kohli also had a chance to complete 14 thousand ODI runs but he missed it by 15 runs and was out after scoring just 22 runs. If Virat Kohli had scored 37 runs in today's match, he would have become the first batsman in the world to score the fastest 14 thousand ODI runs.
So far only Sachin Tendulkar and Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara have touched the figure of 14 thousand runs in ODI cricket. Virat Kohli had a great opportunity to join this club today but he returned to the pavilion after being caught by Soumya Sarkar between point and gully on the ball of Riyaz Hussain and also missed this feat. Let us tell you that Sachin Tendulkar touched the mark of 14 thousand runs in ODI against Pakistan in Peshawar on 6 February 2006, while Sangakkara did this feat in his 378th innings in 2015 against Australia in Sydney. Sachin played 350 innings to score 14 thousand runs in ODI.
Virat Kohli has to play his next match against Pakistan on 23 February and even if he scores just 15 runs in that match, he will still have a chance to break Sachin Tendulkar's record. If Virat Kohli scores 15 runs against Pakistan, he will touch the mark of 14 thousand runs in just 286th innings, which will be much faster than Sachin Tendulkar.
Kohli, who started his ODI career in 2008 against Sri Lanka, has played 298 ODI matches so far, in which he has had the opportunity to bat 286 times and has scored 13985 runs. During this, his average has been around 58, which is much better than Tendulkar. Kohli has also scored the most centuries in ODI cricket. He has played 50 century innings so far. He has also scored 73 half-centuries. Kohli's highest score in ODI is 183 runs, which he scored against Sri Lanka.
