Virat Kohli created a new history. Virat Kohli scored 26000 international runs in cricket history on Thursday 19 October. Virat Kohli broke the record of the king of cricket Sachin Tendulkar. Before the match against Bangladesh, Kohli had scored 25,923 runs in 567 innings during India’s ODI World Cup 2023. While Tendulkar achieved this feat in 601 innings, Virat achieved this feat in 567 innings. Virat Kohli beats Sachin Tendulkar.
Virat has scored these historic runs during the World Cup in Pune. Virat Kohli scored 103 runs on a total of 97 balls. Virat Kohli is now the fourth-highest run scorer in the cricket world. Virat Kohli has so far scored 78 full centuries and 134 half-centuries. Till now he has scored a total of 26026 runs in 567 innings.35-year-old Virat Kohli achieved his position in international cricket at a very young age by making a record.
Virat Kohli beats Sachin Tendulkar.
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Virat Kohli completed 26,026 runs in the 567 innings
Sachin Tendulkar completed 34,357 runs in the 600 innings
Australia’s Ricky Pointing completed 27,483 runs in the 624 innings
Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara completed 28,016 runs in 625 innings
Virat has scored 1289 runs in a total of 30 matches in the ODI World Cup. Like Virat scored a century against Bangladesh on 19 October 2023 and in 2015 he also scored a century against Pakistan.
Virat Kohli beats Sachin Tendulkar.
Controversy regarding Virat’s century.
After the match, there was a controversy regarding Virat’s century. When the match was going on with Bangladesh, Virat’s last score was 97 runs. Nasum Ahmed was bowling but one ball was a wide ball. In limited-overs cricket, a ball going down the leg side is immediately called a wide ball. But Richard Kettleborough felt that it was not a wide ball.