India’s chase master Virat Kohli broke Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s ODI record during the World Cup 2023 clash against Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium on November 2. Kohli became the first batter in the world to score 1,000 or more ODI runs in a calendar year eight times.
Tendulkar had crossed the 1,000 ODI runs mark seven times in a year during his long illustrious career. Tendulkar did it t first in 1994 followed by 1996-98, 2000, 2003, and 2007. Kohli started the streak in 2011 which continued till 2014. He started another streak in 2017 which ended in 2019. He did it again in the ongoing year to get the record in his name.
Apart from Kohli and Tendulkar, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara crossed the 1,000-run mark in the format in six years during his career. Kohli reached the milestone in the 11th over of the innings.
Kohli surpassed Sangakkara on another list. Now, he has most fifty-plus scores in ODI World Cups. Sangakkara had 12 fifty-plus scores from 35 innings. Kohli achieved his 13th fifty-plus score from his 33rd World Cup innings. He surpassed Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan and Indian skipper Rohit Sharma who had 12 fifty-plus scores from 35 and 24 innings respectively. Tendulkar is on the top of the list with 21 fifty-plus scores from 44 World Cup appearances with the bat.
The 34-year-old is now also the second-highest run-scorer in the ongoing World Cup. South Africa's wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock is on the top with 545 runs from seven innings at an average of 77.86 including four centuries.
Earlier, Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis won the toss and opted to field first. Kohli had to walk out to bat early in the innings as Rohit got out off the second ball of the over to Dilshan Madushanka.
He shared a crucial partnership with opener Shubman Gill. He reached his half-century off a free-hit delivery in the 17th over bowled by Dushan Hemantha. However, Kohli could not equal Tendulkar's record for most ODI centuries. He lost his wicket to Madushanka in the 32nd over. He scored 88 runs from 94 balls including 11 fours.
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