Virat Kohli Breaks Record! Surpasses Sri Lankan Legend to Grab 2nd Spot in ODI Run Charts During IND vs AUS 3rd ODI 2025

Virat Kohli reached a big batting milestone during the third One-Day International (ODI) between India and Australia in Sydney on Saturday, October 25. The star Indian right-handed batter passed former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara to become the second-highest run-scorer in ODI cricket history. The 36-year-old run machine crossed Sangakkara’s all-time record by scoring his 54th run in his 293rd innings (305th ODI).

This achievement is remarkable as Kohli needed 87 fewer innings than Sangakkara to reach this career record. He achieved the significant milestone by taking a single off Australian spinner Cooper Connolly in the 32nd over of the match. Kohli is now only behind Sachin Tendulkar on the all-time ODI runs list.

Most Runs in ODI and International Cricket

ODI Runs:

1. Sachin Tendulkar – 18,426 runs in 452 innings
2. Kumar Sangakkara – 14,234 runs in 380 innings
3. Virat Kohli – 14,235* runs in 293 innings

Among these three, Kohli has the most centuries in ODIs with 51. Tendulkar is second with 49. While Kohli passed Sangakkara to become second in ODI runs, he is still behind him in total international runs.

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International Runs:

• Tendulkar – 34,357 runs in 664 matches
• Sangakkara – 28,016 runs in 594 matches
• Kohli – 27,599* runs in 552 matches

Kohli and Rohit Dominate Australia

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma shared a 100-plus partnership to help India take the lead in the third ODI. Rohit scored his second consecutive half-century in the series. At the time of writing, India were 186/3 after 31.3 overs.

Batting first, Australia were all out for 236 in 46.4 overs. Matt Renshaw top-scored with 56 runs off 58 balls, while skipper Mitchell Marsh scored 41 off 50 balls. Travis Head, Alex Carey, and Cooper Connolly contributed in the 20s.

Harshit Rana starred with the ball for India, taking 4/39, while Washington Sundar took two wickets. Axar Patel, Prasidh Krishna, and Kuldeep Yadav took one wicket each.

The two teams will next play a five-match T20I series, starting in Canberra on October 29.