Virat Kohli can create new milestone in Sri Lanka, will come close to Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara

Former Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli is all set to return to the field. After winning the 2024 T20 World Cup title, Kohli took a break for a few days. During that time, he went to London. However, earlier there were reports that Kohli would not even be joining the Sri Lanka tour. He had announced his retirement from T20 International, but he will continue to play Test and ODI. Meanwhile, when Virat Kohli takes the field to play the ODI series against Sri Lanka, he will have another big record in his sights.

Sachin Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in ODIs, Virat Kohli is at number three

The highest run scorer in ODI cricket at the moment is Sachin Tendulkar of India. He has scored a total of 18426 runs in 463 ODI matches in his career. After this comes Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka at number two. He has scored 14234 runs in 404 ODI matches in his ODI career. At number three is currently Virat Kohli of India who has scored 13848 runs in 292 matches so far. This means that he needs just 152 runs from here to complete 14 thousand runs in this format. Since the series consists of three matches and Kohli will be playing all the matches, it will not be difficult for him to reach this figure. However, the effort should be focused on reaching this figure in the very first match.

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Chance to leave Kumar Sangakkara behind too

Virat Kohli has taken 280 innings from 292 matches to get here. During this time, he has scored 50 centuries and 72 half-centuries. 50 centuries is the most in ODI cricket. He broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 centuries in the 2023 ODI World Cup itself. Not only this, Kohli can complete his 14 thousand runs during this series, he can also become the highest run-scorer in this format after Sachin, Kumar Sangakkara currently has 14234 runs to his name. However, for that, he will have to play big innings in every match. Kohli will be taking the field for the first time after the World Cup, so it will be interesting to see how he bats.