Virat Kohli 300th ODI Match: Virat Kohli is going to enter the 300th ODI of his ODI career against New Zealand. Prior to him, 6 Indian players including MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar have achieved this achievement. They are going to become the first player in the world to play 300 ODIs, 100 Tests and 100 T20 matches. In this historic career, he has achieved many achievements including scoring more than 27,000 international runs and 82 centuries. Here, let us know how Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni’s record was for 300 ODIs?
Where were Sachin and Dhoni after 300 ODIs
Talking about Sachin Tendulkar, he had scored 11,544 runs by completing his 300 ODIs. By that time, Tendulkar had scored a total of 30 centuries in his ODI career. He played his 300th ODI match against Sri Lanka in 2002, in which he was able to score only 7 runs.
On the other hand, if we look at MS Dhoni, he had scored 9,657 runs by playing 300th ODI. Dhoni had played 9 centuries in 300 matches and by this time his average was 52.20. Like Sachin Tendulkar, Dhoni also played the 300th ODI of his career against Sri Lanka, in which he scored an unbeaten 49 runs.
Virat Kohli’s ODI career so far
Virat Kohli has played 299 ODIs so far, in which he has scored 14,085 runs. Virat has gone far ahead of Sachin Tendulkar. While Sachin had scored 30 centuries after 300 ODIs, Virat has scored 51 centuries so far. So far, Virat has scored at an excellent average of 58.20 and will now play his 300th match against New Zealand. So far, only Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh have been able to do so.
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