Virat Kohli breaking records is something that just continues to happen. During the first ODI against New Zealand in Vadodara, Kohli went past Sri Lanka's legendary batter Kumar Sangakkara in a famous all-time list, to move to second spot. Only Sachin Tendulkar remains ahead of Kohli in this list. What record are we talking about?
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It is the list of most runs in international cricket across all three formats combined. Tendulkar tops the list with 34,357 runs from 782 innings. Prior to the start of the game, Kohli's tally stoodat 27975, 41 behind Sangakkara (28016) in the list. Just like the recent South Africa series where he got runs for fun, Kohli once again raced away to 42 and overtook Sangakkara in the list.
At the time of publishing this article, Kohli has surged to a 44-ball 50 and looking good for yet another hundred in ODIs. Currently, he trails Tendulkar by over 6000 runs and that might be a mountain too big to climb, given that the Delhi batter only plays one format these days. India are likely to play a plethora of ODIs in the second half of 2026 but Kohli is unlikely to play behind the 2027 ODI World Cup.