India vs South Africa, 1st ODI: Virat Kohli Goes Past Sachin Tendulkar For Most Runs By Indian Player In Away ODIs | Cricket News

Star batsman Virat Kohli surpassed legend Sachin Tendulkar’s 5,075 runs on Wednesday to become the highest-scoring Indian in ODIs. He achieved this feat in the first ODI against South Africa. Kohli made 51 off 63 balls with the help of three boundaries. Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara (5,518) holds the lead for most runs in an overseas ODI. When he reached 27, Kohli surpassed former captains Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid for the most runs against the Proteas.

Recently Rohit Sharma succeeded as India’s full-time limited overs captain, Kohli came into the game with 1287 runs.

Kohli is now second only to Tendulkar, who has scored 2,001 runs in ODIs against South Africa, the most of any player in the world.

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Overall, Kohli is now the sixth highest run-getter against South Africa. In addition to Tendulkar, Kohli is behind Ricky Ponting (1,879), Kumar Sangakkara (1,789), Steve Waugh (1,581) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (1,559).

Kohli shocked the cricket community last week by announcing his decision to step down as India’s Test captain a day after losing the three-match series 1-2.