Kohli Becomes Fastest to 14,000 ODI Runs, Surpassing Tendulkar’s Record

Sun Feb 23 2025
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ISLAMABAD: India batter Virat Kohli became just the third batter to score 14,000 runs in ODI cricket during India’s ICC Champions Trophy match against Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday.

Pakistan chose to bat first after Mohammad Rizwan won the toss in Dubai. Despite a couple of early wickets, Rizwan and Saud Shakeel combined for a 104-run partnership for the third wicket to stabilize the innings.

However, a collapse in the middle order saw them lose momentum, and only a few late hits from Khushdil Shah helped them reach 241 all out in 49.4 overs.

In response, India got off to a fast start before Shaheen Shah Afridi dismissed captain Rohit Sharma for 20 off 13 balls, bringing Virat Kohli to the crease.

After a few shaky moments early on, Kohli settled in, playing a couple of trademark shots through the covers.

The second of those, in the 13th over off Haris Rauf zipped away for four, and helped Kohli cross the milestone of 14,000 ODI runs: he became only the third player to do so.

Having gotten there in just 287 innings, he is now the fastest to the landmark by a massive margin. Sachin Tendulkar, in second place, took 350 innings to do so.

Batters with 14,000 ODI runs, full list

Player Mat Inns Runs Innings taken to reach 14,000
Virat Kohli 299* 287* 14,021* 287
Sachin Tendulkar 463 452 18,426 350
Kumar Sangakkara 404 380 14,234 378

Virat Kohli becomes fastest to every thousand from 8-14 in ODIs

Kohli has now achieved the rare feat of being the fastest player to reach every milestone from 1,000 runs up to 14,000. Tendulkar, however, remains the fastest to reach milestones from 15,000 runs onwards, as he is the only batter to have scored that many runs in ODIs.

Fastest player to every thousand ODI runs

ODI Runs Name Innings taken
1,000 Fakhar Zaman 18
2,000 Shubman Gill 38
3,000 Hashim Amla 57
4,000 Hashim Amla 81
5,000 Babar Azam 97
6,000 Hashim Amla & Babar Azam 123
7,000 Hashim Amla 150
8,000 Virat Kohli 175
9,000 Virat Kohli 194
10,000 Virat Kohli 205
11,000 Virat Kohli 222
12,000 Virat Kohli 242
13,000 Virat Kohli 267
14,000 Virat Kohli 287
15,000 Sachin Tendulkar 377
16,000 Sachin Tendulkar 399
17,000 Sachin Tendulkar 424
18,000 Sachin Tendulkar 440

 

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