India skipper Virat Kohli is all set to surpass the likes of AB De Villiers and Sachin Tendulkar in the 200th ODI, when the Men In Blue lock horns against New Zealand in the first match of the three-match series at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
This match will be Kohli's 200th in the 50-over format of the game and he will become only the 14th Indian and 72nd cricketer overall to reach this milestone. Here is the list of the other Indians who have played 200 ODIs for the country -
So far, Kohli has slammed 8,767 ODI runs in 199 matches and even if he gets dismissed for a duck on Sunday, he will set a new milestone of highest run scored after playing 200 matches. Currently, South African star AB de Villiers holds the record of having scored most number of runs after playing 200 ODIs. While the Indian record currently rests with legendary India skipper Sourav Ganguly.
Here is the list of the same -
Virat Kohli* (IND): 8,767 (in 199 ODIs)
AB de Villiers (SA): 8,621
Sourav Ganguly (IND): 7,747
Sachin Tendulkar (IND): 7,305
Ricky Ponting (AUS): 7,255
Jacques Kallis (SA): 7,110
MS Dhoni (IND): 6,632
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK): 6,475
Rahul Dravid (IND): 6,242
Kumar Sangakkara (SL): 5,826
Mohammed Azharuddin (IND): 5,399
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL): 5,242
Mahela Jayawardene (SL): 5,178
In the last one year, Kohli has scored an impressive 1,555 runs at a strike rate closer to almost 100. Also, Kohli slammed five centuries during this time-frame and that has seen him tied with Australia great Ricky Ponting (30) in the list of most ODI tons. Kohli is now only behind Tendulkar (49) in this illustrious list.
- Sachin Tendulkar: 463
- Rahul Dravid: 344
- Mohammed Azharuddin: 334
- Sourav Ganguly: 311
- MS Dhoni: 306
- Yuvraj Singh: 304
- Anil Kumble: 271
- Virender Sehwag: 251
- Harbhajan Singh: 236
- Javagal Srinath: 229
- Kapil Dev: 225
- Suresh Raina: 223
- Zaheer Khan: 200
- Virat Kohli: 199*
So far, Kohli has slammed 8,767 ODI runs in 199 matches and even if he gets dismissed for a duck on Sunday, he will set a new milestone of highest run scored after playing 200 matches. Currently, South African star AB de Villiers holds the record of having scored most number of runs after playing 200 ODIs. While the Indian record currently rests with legendary India skipper Sourav Ganguly.
Here is the list of the same -
Virat Kohli* (IND): 8,767 (in 199 ODIs)
AB de Villiers (SA): 8,621
Sourav Ganguly (IND): 7,747
Sachin Tendulkar (IND): 7,305
Ricky Ponting (AUS): 7,255
Jacques Kallis (SA): 7,110
MS Dhoni (IND): 6,632
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK): 6,475
Rahul Dravid (IND): 6,242
Kumar Sangakkara (SL): 5,826
Mohammed Azharuddin (IND): 5,399
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL): 5,242
Mahela Jayawardene (SL): 5,178
In the last one year, Kohli has scored an impressive 1,555 runs at a strike rate closer to almost 100. Also, Kohli slammed five centuries during this time-frame and that has seen him tied with Australia great Ricky Ponting (30) in the list of most ODI tons. Kohli is now only behind Tendulkar (49) in this illustrious list.
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