Virat Kohli becomes the 8th Indian cricketer to make 250 ODI appearances

29 Nov, 2020

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RCB and Indian skipper, Virat Kohli, achieved yet another milestone, recording 250 appearances in ODI.

29 Nov, 2020 By Editor

Virat Kohli became the 8th Indian cricketer to play 250 matches in One-day Internationals. The skipper unlocked this milestone during the course of the 2nd ODI against Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).

Another milestone unlocked for @imVkohli, as he becomes the 8th player to play 2️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ ODIs for India. ?? ??

1️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ of those games have resulted in wins. A win today would make it more memorable. ?#PlayBold #AUSvIND #TeamIndia #DownUnder pic.twitter.com/QK4ddCsrXL
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) November 29, 2020

He joined the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammed Azharuddin, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, and Yuvraj Singh in the elite list. The batting maestro, Sachin Tendulkar, sits pretty at the top of the chart with 463 ODI matches to his tally.

Since making his debut in 2008, Virat has taken giant strides in international cricket, scoring 21,901 runs in 460 innings at an average of 47.61. Out of the total aggregate of 21,901 runs, 11,888 of them have come in ODI cricket.

Notable records in ODIs

Virat Kohli is the fastest batsman to reach 8000 ODI runs(175 inns), 9000 ODI runs (194 inns), 10,000 ODI runs(205 innings) and 11,000 ODI runs(222 innings).
In 2018, Kohli scored 558 runs in the six-match ODI series against Proteas which is the most by a batsman in a bilateral series.
The talismanic batsman has slammed 26 ODI centuries while chasing - most by any batsman in the world.
He is the first captain to score five consecutive half-centuries in a World Cup
11 innings - Virat Kohli became the fastest player to score 1000 ODI runs in a calendar year. He is also the first captain to hit six ODI hundreds in a calendar year.
The quickest captain to score 3000 runs in ODI cricket.
1460 runs - He has the most ODI runs in a calendar year as captain
Virat Kohli is the only Indian batsman to secure 890 points in the ICC ODI ranking.
150 - Number of wins Virat Kohli has been involved in since his debut