{"id":1050,"date":"2025-02-24T11:09:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T11:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2025-02-24T11:09:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T11:09:43","slug":"virat-kohli-becomes-fastest-to-14000-odi-runs-surpasses-tendulkars-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/?p=1050","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli Becomes Fastest to 14,000 ODI Runs, Surpasses Tendulkar\u2019s Record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dubai, February 2025:<\/strong> <strong>India\u2019s cricketing superstar Virat Kohli<\/strong> etched his name in history on <strong>Sunday<\/strong>, becoming the <strong>fastest batter<\/strong> to reach <strong>14,000 runs<\/strong> in <strong>One-Day Internationals (ODIs)<\/strong>. He surpassed the previous record held by the legendary <strong>Sachin Tendulkar<\/strong> during the <strong>Champions Trophy<\/strong> clash against <strong>Pakistan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kohli is now the <strong>third batter<\/strong> in ODI history to surpass <strong>14,000 runs<\/strong>, joining an elite list that includes <strong>Sachin Tendulkar (18,246 runs)<\/strong> and <strong>Sri Lanka\u2019s Kumar Sangakkara (14,234 runs)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Achieving this milestone in <strong>just 287 innings<\/strong>, Kohli shattered <strong>Tendulkar\u2019s previous record<\/strong> of <strong>350 innings<\/strong> and <strong>Sangakkara\u2019s 378 innings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Milestone Against Arch-Rivals<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coincidentally, both <strong>Kohli and Tendulkar<\/strong> reached their <strong>14,000th ODI run<\/strong> against <strong>Pakistan<\/strong>. Needing only <strong>15 runs<\/strong> on <strong>Sunday<\/strong>, Kohli achieved the feat with a crisp <strong>cover drive for four<\/strong> off <strong>Haris Rauf<\/strong> in the <strong>13th over<\/strong> of the run chase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fastest to 13,000 Runs Too<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>36-year-old modern-day great<\/strong> was also the <strong>fastest to 13,000 ODI runs<\/strong>, achieving it in <strong>September 2023<\/strong> against <strong>Pakistan<\/strong> during the <strong>Asia Cup in Colombo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Most ODI Centuries Record Holder<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kohli already holds the <strong>record for most ODI centuries (50)<\/strong>, surpassing <strong>Tendulkar<\/strong> during the <strong>2023 World Cup semifinal<\/strong> against <strong>New Zealand in Mumbai<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Breaking Fielding Records Too<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the match, Kohli set another record by surpassing <strong>former captain Mohammad Azharuddin\u2019s tally<\/strong> for the <strong>most catches by an Indian fielder in ODIs<\/strong>. With his <strong>157th catch in his 299th ODI<\/strong>, Kohli went past <strong>Azharuddin\u2019s 156 catches in 334 matches<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His <strong>forward diving catch at long-on<\/strong> dismissed <strong>Pakistan\u2019s Naseem Shah off Kuldeep Yadav<\/strong>. Later, he took his <strong>158th catch<\/strong> at <strong>deep midwicket<\/strong>, sending <strong>Khushdil Shah back to the pavilion off Harshit Rana\u2019s bowling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kohli continues to set benchmarks in world cricket, reinforcing his status as one of the greatest batters of all time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai, February 2025: India\u2019s cricketing superstar Virat Kohli etched his name in history on Sunday, becoming the fastest batter to reach 14,000 runs in One-Day Internationals&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1050","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1052,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions\/1052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}