Crazy Stat!! Virat Kohli With His ODI Singles Runs Alone Is England's Third-Highest Scorer In The Format

Virat Kohli assisted in yet another successful chase in a high-profile competition on Tuesday, adding 84 runs to his ODI score total. India advanced to the Champions Trophy final versus Australia thanks to the fifty.

Australia had batted first and posted 264 runs inside 50 overs with Steve Smith scoring 73 and Alex Carey making 61 runs. For India, Mohammed Shami took 3 wickets while spinners CV Varun and Ravindra Jadeja picked up two wickets each.

With the possible exception of a missed opportunity and his eventual departure to Adam Zampa, Kohli played a very controlled innings on Tuesday, hitting five fours and a six. Five fours, four doubles, and 56 singles made up his total score.

Virat Kohli aces the chase as India qualifies for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final

Virat Kohli was the centre-stage of the chase, as he scored 84 runs in 98 balls with only 5 fours to his name. KL Rahul made 42*, Shreyas Iyer made 45, Axar Patel made 27 and Hardik Pandya smacked 28 runs as India won by 4 wickets. This meant that Australia was eliminated from the Champions Trophy 2025 and India qualified for the summit clash.

This also meant that with India playing the finals, the clash was shifted from Lahore to Dubai and will be played on March 9. The second semi-final got underway in Lahore between South Africa and New Zealand on March 5.

Virat Kohli’s 5870 runs in singles in his ODI career makes him the third-highest ODI run-getter for England

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 amount is so enormous that it is sufficient to place Kohli as the third-highest scorer for England in One-Day International cricket. Eoin Morgan (6957 runs) and Joe Root (6859 runs) are at the top of that list, followed by Ian Bell (5416 runs) and Jos Buttler (5196 runs).

With 5870 runs, Kohli holds the record for most runs scored in ODI history. Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka scored 5503 runs during his career, with Ricky Ponting (3916 runs), Mahela Jayawardene (4789 runs), and MS Dhoni (4470 runs) rounding out the top five.

Virat Kohli's singles in ODI cricket would make him England's third highest run scorer in the format. https://t.co/ibzIld7PnI

— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) March 4, 2025

Kohli one of the greats in ODIs

In the 50-over format, Kohli has amassed 14,180 runs overall for India, trailing only Sachin Tendulkar (18,426 runs) and Kumar Sangakkara (14,234 runs).

Virat Kohli will next be in action when India plays the final of the Champions Trophy on March 9 in Dubai.

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