India Vs Australia: Virat Kohli Overtakes Kumar Sangakkara To Become Second Highest Run-Scorer In ODIs

Virat Kohli's definitive 74* at the Sydney Cricket Ground in the third match against Australia wasn't just another anchor knock from the Chase Master; it helped him go past Kumar Sangakkara on the all-time One-Day International (ODI) run list.

With 14,255 runs from 293 innings, the 39-year-old now trails only Sachin Tendulkar, whose 18,426 runs (from 1989 to 2012) remain the summit of ODI batting. His average of 57.71 and strike rate of 93.26 also tell a story of his dominance in the format.

Kohli, who made his ODI debut in 2008, is the only batter to have scored more than 50 tons in 50-over international cricket, two more than Tendulkar's previously unthinkable 49.

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Behind Kohli is Kumar Sangakkara (2000-2015), with 14,234 runs from 380 innings. The Sri Lankan great stands as another benchmark for consistency and longevity. Multiple World Cup-winner Ricky Ponting (1995-2012) follows with 13,704 runs, numbers that helped build Australia's golden era of ODI cricket.

While Sanath Jayasuriya's 13,430 ODI runs (1989-2011) largely came through his attacking play at the top of the order, cementing his reputation as one of the most explosive openers, Mahela Jayawardene's 12,650 runs (1998-2015) often remind of understated finesse. Together, the two stand among Sri Lanka's greatest.

Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq (1991-2007), with 11,739 runs, marked a career that flourished under pressure even as unrivalled South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis (1996-2014) compiled his 11,579 runs with technical purity.

Rohit Sharma, whose 11,370 runs include three double centuries and a strike rate that rivals Kohli's, makes him one of the most feared openers of the modern era. He hit an unbeaten century to set up India's face-saving win in the third ODI against Australia.

And rounding out the top 10 is Sourav Ganguly (1992-2007), whose 11,363 ODI runs between 1992 and 2007 - many scored alongside Tendulkar at the top of the order - played a central role in India's limited-overs revival during the early 2000s.