Virat Kohli becomes fifth highest run scorer in ODI cricket: Star cricketer Virat Kohli became the fifth-highest run-scorer in history of ODI cricket, overtaking Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardene to enter into top-five. Virat has 12,652 runs in 268 ODIs at the time he rose to the fifth-highest run-scorer position, with 45 tonnes and 65 half-centuries. His average was 57.78. In the format, he has a high score of 183.
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As per records, the highest run-scorer in ODI history is Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar, who has scored 18,426 runs at an average of 44.83. He has 49 centuries and 96 fifties in this format, with the best of 200*. Followed by Sachin, Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara (14,234 runs in 404 matches), Australian great Ricky Ponting (13,704), Sri Lankan all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya (13,430 in 445 matches) and Virat.
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- 10 of Sri Lanka’s ODI hundreds by Kohli. He’s the first player to hit ten ODI centuries against an opponent. Kohli also has nine hundreds against West Indies, while Tendulkar also has nine against Australia.
- 96 ODI wins for India against Sri Lanka, the most by a team against an opponent in this format, surpassing Australia’s 95 wins against New Zealand.
- 106 total balls For India, Kohli needed to finish 150 in the second-fastest time. The quickest is by Ishan Kishan, who took 103 balls to reach 150 during his double-ton against Bangladesh last month.
- 73 Sri Lanka’s total in Thiruvananthapuram, their lowest against India in men’s ODIs. Their previous lowest was 96 in Sharjah during the 1984 Asia Cup. It is the third-lowest total against India for any team and the fourth-lowest total for Sri Lanka.
