DUBAI: India star batter Virat Kohli is on the brink of yet another historic milestone, with a chance to surpass the legendary Sachin Tendulkar in his team’s Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh here on Thursday.
The star batter needs just 37 more runs to become only the third player in history to reach 14,000 runs in ODIs, with Tendulkar and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara being the other two.
If Virat Kohli gets there in the match against Bangladesh, he will achieve the feat in his 286th innings—significantly faster than Sachin Tendulkar, who reached the landmark in his 350th innings during a match against Pakistan in Peshawar back in 2006.
But that’s not the only record within Kohli’s reach as he is just 90 runs away from becoming the first Indian to score 1,000 ODI runs against Bangladesh.
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So far, he has hammered 910 runs in just 16 matches against the Tigers, with five centuries and three fifties to his name.
With India set to kick off their Champions Trophy campaign at the Dubai International Stadium, all eyes will be on Virat Kohli as he looks to rewrite the record books once again.
It’s worth noting that after today’s match against Bangladesh, Team India will face arch-rivals and hosts Pakistan in the much-awaited Champions Trophy clash on 23 February.
Meanwhile, their final group stage match is scheduled against New Zealand on 2 March.
India Squad For ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.
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