On Wednesday, Virat Kohli has an opportunity to add another feather to his already illustrious cap when India take on West Indies in a must-win 2nd ODI at the ACA-VCA stadium in Visakhapatnam. West Indies had beaten India in the first ODI at Chennai by 8 wickets.
Virat Kohli is only 56 runs away from going past South African legend Jacques Kallis and becoming the 7th highest run-getter in ODIs. Kohli has 11,524 runs to his name in 240 matches at a staggering average of 60.02. Kallis, on the other hand, has 11579 runs in 328 matches at an average of 44.36.
The list is led by Sachin Tendulkar, who has 18426 runs, followed by Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara (14,234) and Australia’s Ricky Ponting (13,704).
Kohli has the best average (60.02) and strike rate (93.21) in the top 10 of the all-time highest run scorers’ list in ODIs. He is also the only player to average over 60 in the elite list.
Kohli is also 169 runs away from breaking his personal record of scoring most runs in a year. In 2019 he has scored 1292 runs until now. He had scored 1,460 ODI runs in 2017.
