World Cup 2023: Virat Kohli nears Sachin Tendulkar's record, becomes fastest to 26,000 international runs and more stats

Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten century as India sealed their fourth win from four matches at the 2023 World Cup. The hosts defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in Pune on Thursday. World Cup 2023: News | Schedule | Results | Points table With India needing two runs to win and Kohli three for the century, the star batter thrashed a six against spinner Nasum Ahmed to get both with a single swing of his magical bat. In the process, India reached the 257 run target for a 7-wicket win with 51 balls to go. Kohli faced 97 balls, hit six fours and four sixes, and maintained his superb form at the World Cup. He scored 85 against Australia, 55 unbeaten against Afghanistan, 16 against Pakistan and now an unbeaten 103 against Bangladesh.

Stats from India’s win over Bangladesh at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune: Most ODI centuries: Sachin Tendulkar - 49 Virat Kohli - 48* Rohit Sharma - 31* Ricky Ponting - 30 Sanath Jayasuriya - 28 Most career runs: Sachin Tendulkar - 34,357 runs Kumar Sangakkara - 28,016 runs Ricky Ponting - 27,483 runs Virat Kohli - 26,026* runs Mahela Jayawardene - 25,957 runs Fastest to 26,000 runs in international cricket Virat Kohli - 567 innings Sachin Tendulkar - 601 innings Virat Kohli in ODIs at Pune: 551 runs from 8 innings 61(85) vs Australia, 2013 122(105) vs England, 2017 29(29) vs New Zealand, 2017 107(119) vs West Indies, 2018 56(60) vs England, 2021 66(79) vs England, 2021 7(10) vs England, 2021 500-plus ODI runs for Virat Kohli at a single venue: At Mirpur, Dhaka - 800 runs At Colombo - 644 runs At Visakhapatnam - 587 runs At Port of Spain, Trinidad - 571 runs At MCA, Pune - 551 runs Most ODI runs by a batter at one Indian venue: 587 - Virat Kohli at Visakhapatnam 551 - Virat Kohli at Pune 534 - Sachin Tendulkar at Bengaluru 529 - Sachin Tendulkar at Gwalior 496 - Sachin Tendulkar at Kolkata Most World Cup centuries for India: 7 - Rohit Sharma 6 - Sachin Tendulkar 4 - Sourav Ganguly 3 - Shikhar Dhawan 3 - Virat Kohli Most runs in ODI World Cups: 2278 - Sachin Tendulkar 1743 - Ricky Ponting 1532 - Kumar Sangakkara 1289* - Virat Kohli 1243* - Rohit Sharma 1225 - Brian Lara 1207 - AB de Villiers Most 50-plus scores in cricket: 264 - Sachin Tendulkar 217 - Ricky Ponting 216 - Kumar Sangakkara 212* - Virat Kohli 211 - Jacques Kallis Rohit Sharma vs Bangladesh in ICC ODI tournaments: 137(126), 2015 World Cup 123*(129), 2017 Champions Trophy 104(92), 2019 World Cup 48(40), 2023 World Cup Most sixes for Bangladesh in World Cups: 16 - Mahmudullah 13 - Mushfiqur Rahim 10 - Shakib Al Hasan