Virat Kohli breaks Sachin Tendulkar's world record of most 1000-run calendar years in ODIs

Virat Kohli became the owner of another batting record in cricket as he once again surpassed Sachin Tendulkar to hold the world record for most calendar years (8) in international cricket with 1000 or more ODI runs. World Cup 2023:  News  |  Schedule  |  Results  |  Points table Tendulkar held the record by scoring 1000 runs or more in ODIs in seven calendar years, but Kohli surpassed the batting great by bringing up 1000 ODI runs for 2023 in the game against Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in World Cup 2023. IND vs SL: LIVE Score and Updates He has now scored 1000 runs or more in ODIs in eight calendar years.

1000 ODI runs in a calendar year on most occasions:
8 - Virat Kohli
7 - Sachin Tendulkar
6 - Kumar Sangakkara
5 - Sourav Ganguly
5 - Ricky Ponting
5 - Rohit Sharma#INDvsSL #INDvSL #SLvIND #SLvsIND #CWC23 #CWC2023

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Interestingly Kohli broke Tendulkar’s record at the Master Blaster’s home ground in Mumbai and was also in line to get to another milestone. Kohli has so far scored 48 ODI tons and he is only one away from Tendulkar’s world record of 49 ODI hundreds. However, he got out on 88. Still, Kohli’s 70th ODI fifty helped India to recover from a poor start against Sri Lanka after captain Rohit Sharma departed in the first over. He was cleaned up by Dilshan Madushanka on the second ball of the innings after hitting a four. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl first against India at Wankhede. India would qualify for the semi-finals of World Cup 2023 with a victory on Thursday. They have so far won six out of six matches and even if they lose to Sri Lanka, they have two more games to reach the semi-finals. Also, before the Thursday game, a life-size statue of Sachin Tendulkar was unveiled at the Wankhede Stadium . The inauguration ceremony was attended by Tendulkar, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, BCCI secretary Jay Shah and vice-president Rajeev Shukla.