Kohli breaks Tendulkar’s record, scores more than 1000 ODI runs in a calendar year for the eighth time

Kohli has now scored more than 1000 ODI runs in a calendar year eight times, overtaking the legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s erstwhile record of seven.

India’s Virat Kohli plays a shot. | Photo Credit: AP

Virat Kohli completed 1000 ODI runs in 2023 during the World Cup match against Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.

Kohli has now scored more than 1000 ODI runs in a calendar year eight times, overtaking the legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s erstwhile record of seven.

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Kohli’s most prolific year in ODI cricket was 2017, where he scored 1460 runs in 26 innings. He has tallied in excess of 1000 runs in ODIs in 2023, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011.

Kohli, with 48 centuries, is also close on the heels of Tendulkar’s record of most hundreds in one-day cricket. The 34-year-old came close to equalling the legend’s record on Thursday before being dismissed for 88 by pacer Dilshan Madushanka.