The senior Indian batter Virat Kohli is really close to hitting three major batting milestones by 2026. His overwhelming performance in the ODI series against South Africa at the end of 2025, wherein he amassed two centuries and an unbeaten half-century, gave strong indications of his possible accomplishments. Now great number of records which were thought to be long-standing are very much in reach for him based on the current digits of his career.
IPL Record: 9,000 Career Runs
- Virat Kohli has to score 339 more runs in the Indian Premier League to hit the 9,000 runs mark in the tournament. If he does so, he will be the first-ever player in IPL history to achieve this milestone.
- Right now Kohli has scored 8,681 runs in 259 IPL innings. He is the highest run-scorer in the league. Rohit Sharma follows him with 7,046 runs in 267 innings. Kohli has always been part of Royal Challengers Bengaluru and has played in every IPL season of his career.
ODI Record: 15,000 Runs
- Kohli is also on the verge of a big milestone in One-Day Internationals. He is just short by 443 runs to hit the 15,000 ODI runs mark. Right now he has 14,557 runs from 296 innings.
- The great Sachin Tendulkar tops the ODI run-scoring chart with 18,426 runs in 452 innings. He is the only one till now who has passed the 15,000 runs mark in ODIs.
International Cricket Record: Second-Highest Run Scorer
- India's tour to New Zealand kicks off with the first ODI on January 11. In this game, Kohli would have the chance to climb up the list of the all-time international run scorers.
- Scoring 27,975 runs in 623 innings combined from Tests, ODIs, and T20s, Kohli is only 42 runs away from displacing Kumar Sangakkara who retired with 28,016 international runs. If accomplished, Kohli will be hailed as the second-highest run-scorer in international cricket.
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