Virat Kohli added 84 runs to his ODI score tally on Tuesday as he played a crucial role in yet another successful chase in a big-ticket tournament. The fifty steered India past the finish line against Australia and into the Champions Trophy final.
Kohli’s innings on Tuesday included five fours and a six as he played a significantly controlled innings, potentially barring a dropped chance and the eventual dismissal to Adam Zampa. His scoring was spread into 56 singles, four doubles and five fours.
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After India’s win on Tuesday, Kohli has now taken 5870 runs in his 301-match-old ODI career. That makes up 41% of Kohli’s overall ODI run tally.
The figure is so mindbogglingly huge that it is enough to make Kohli as England’s third-highest scorer in ODI cricket. That list is led by Eoin Morgan (6957 runs) and Joe Root (6859 runs) with Ian Bell (5416 runs) and Jos Buttler (5196 runs) in behind.
Kohli’s 5870 runs is also the most single runs collected in ODI history. Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara ran 5503 runs in his career with the top-five rounded off by Mahela Jayawardene (4789 runs), MS Dhoni (4470 runs) and Ricky Ponting (3916 runs).
On the whole, Kohli has scored 14,180 runs for India in the 50-over format putting him behind Sachin Tendulkar (18,426 runs) and Kumar Sangakkara (14,234 runs).
After Kohli starred in the chase, Australia captain Steve Smith admitted the right-hander is arguably the best in that department.
“He is arguably the best chaser the game has seen. He has done it numerous times against us. He controls the tempo of the game really well,” the Australian skipper said.
