Indian batter Virat Kohli has turn out to be the quickest participant to achieve 14,000 runs in One Day Internationals (ODIs), surpassing the earlier report held by cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.
The 36-year-old Kohli achieved this milestone throughout India’s Champions Trophy 2025 match in opposition to Pakistan on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Sunday. He reached 14,000 runs in simply 287 innings, 63 fewer than Tendulkar’s 350 innings.
Kohli is simply the third batter to surpass the 14,000-run mark in ODIs, following Tendulkar and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, who reached the milestone in 378 innings in 2015.
Within the ongoing Champions Trophy, Kohli has been in distinctive type, contributing considerably to India’s batting lineup. His fast accumulation of runs underscores his consistency and prowess within the 50-over format.
With over 15,000 runs in general Record-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 Record-A centuries are solely bettered by Tendulkar (60).
Kohli is one match away from finishing 300 ODIs and can turn out to be 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