Virat Kohli’s fiery form was seen in the third ODI. He played an innings of 166 runs and remained not out. For this outstanding performance, he was awarded the Player of the Match Sri Lanka vs India 3rd ODI, 2023. Virat scored 166 * runs in 110 balls at a strike rate of 150.91 with the help of 13 fours and 8 amazing sixes. With this brilliant inning, Virat Kohli joined the list of top-5 batsmen in the world in terms of scoring the most runs in One Day International cricket.
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Significantly, as soon as Virat Kohli scored 63 runs on Sunday, January 15, he joined the top-5 in the list of players who scored the most runs in ODIs. The former Sri Lankan batsman, who was ranked fifth, went past Mahela Jayawardene’s total of 12650 runs in 448 matches to grab the fifth spot. Let me remind you that in this case with 18426 runs in 463 ODIs. Sachin Tendulkar remains on top.
Top 5 run-scorers with most runs in ODIs
- Sachin Tendulkar – 463 matches, 18426 runs (former batsman)
- Kumar Sangakkara – 404 matches, 14234 runs (former batsman)
- Ricky Ponting – 375 matches, 13704 runs (former batsman)
- Sanath Jayasuriya – 445 matches, 13430 runs (former batsman)
- Virat Kohli – 268 matches – 12754* (active batsman)
-Vinay Kumar