IND vs SL / Virat Kohli created history, hit so many thousand runs; Made a place in the top-5 players of the world

IND vs SL: Virat Kohli is considered one of the most successful players of ODI cricket. During the third match of the ODI series being played against Sri Lanka, Virat Kohli has made another big record of ODI cricket. Virat Kohli has now entered the list of 5 most successful ODI batsmen in the world. He has left behind Sri Lankan veteran Mahela Jayawardene.

Virat Kohli created history

The great form of Virat Kohli continues in this series as well. He had scored 12588 runs in 267 ODIs before this match. In the third ODI against Sri Lanka, he overtook Mahela Jayawardene in terms of scoring the most runs in ODI cricket as soon as he touched the figure of 62 runs. Before this innings of Virat, Mahela Jayawardene was the 5th highest run scorer in ODIs, but now Virat has achieved this position.

Excellent record in Test and T20 as well

Virat Kohli's figures in Tests and T20s are also impressive. Virat Kohli has played 104 Test matches for Team India so far, in which he has scored 8119 runs at an average of 48.91, during which he has got 28 half-centuries and 27 centuries with his bat. At the same time, in 115 T20 matches, he has scored 4008 runs at an average of 52.74.

Highest run scorer in ODIs

Sachin Tendulkar is at the forefront of scoring the most runs in ODI cricket. Sachin Tendulkar has a total of 18426 runs in ODIs. After this, the name of Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara appears in this list. He has scored a total of 14234 runs in ODIs. At the same time, Ricky Ponting has scored 13704 runs in ODIs and Sanath Jayasuriya has scored 13430 runs.