Virat Kohli Record: Virat Kohli is not called a player of big matches, he proved this once again. Virat Kohli played a brilliant innings, chasing the target against Australia in the Champions Trophy 2025 semi -final match. He scored 84 runs in 98 balls. Kohli hit 5 fours in this innings. During this, Virat also completed 8000 runs of his ODI career chasing the target.
In the Champions Trophy Semifle match, Australia batted first and set a target of 265 runs in front of Team India. Opener Rohit Sharma 28 and Shubman Gill were dismissed for 8 runs. Virat Kohli, along with Shreyas Iyer, shared an important 91 -run partnership for the third wicket. During this, Virat Kohli chased the target and completed his 8,000 runs in ODI cricket. Virat Kohli has become the second batsman in the world to do so.
Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is ahead of Virat Kohli. Sachin Tendulkar has scored 8720 runs in ODIs chasing the target. There are only 2 batsmen in the world, who have scored 8,000 runs chasing the target in ODIs.
Chasing the target the most runs scorers (in ODI)
- Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 8720 runs
- Virat Kohli (India) – 8003*
- Rohit Sharma (India) – 6115 runs
- Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) – 5742 runs
- Jack Kallis (South Africa) – 5575 runs
Virat Kohli completed 1000 runs in knockout matches
Virat Kohli made another big record in the Champions Trophy semi -final against Australia. He has completed 1 thousand runs in ICC knockout matches. He has become the first batsman in the world to do so. In the semi -final match, Kohli scored 84 runs, he was caught out with a big shot and missed his century.
