Legendary Indian cricketer Virat Kohli became the first player in history to reach 7,000 runs in home One-Day Internationals on Sunday, September 27. The right-handed Delhi batsman required 133 runs to reach 7,000 in the first ODI of the three-match series against the West Indies.
He played an unbeaten knock of 139 runs off just 88 balls. Kohli helped India chase down the target of 296 runs in just 41.4 overs for the loss of just two wickets when he was at the crease, hitting ten fours and nine sixes.
Kohli scored 7,006 runs in his 131st ODI in India during the opening match between India and the West Indies at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram.
Sachin Tendulkar comes in second to Kohli on the list of batters with the most runs in home ODIs. Over the course of his 23-year career, Tendulkar played 164 ODIs in India and amassed 6,976 runs.
Batters With Most Home ODI Runs
- Virat Kohli: 7006 runs in 131 matches
- Sachin Tendulkar: 6976 runs in 164 matches
- Ricky Ponting: 5406 runs in 153 matches
- Rohit Sharma: 5249 runs in 104 matches
- Jacques Kallis: 5178 runs in 142 matches
Kohli recorded his 10th ODI century against the West Indies before becoming the first player to reach 7,000 ODI runs in home games on Sunday. In addition to being the only player in history to score ten ODI hundreds against two separate teams, he leads the list of players with the most ODI hundreds against the Men in Maroon.
In addition to his ten ODI hundreds against the West Indies, Kohli has also struck ten ODI hundreds against Sri Lanka. In international cricket matches against the Caribbean side, Kohli has amassed 13 hundreds. Sunil Gavaskar, a renowned opening batsman and former captain of India, has amassed 13 hundreds against the West Indies in all formats.
In addition to reaching 15,000 runs in ODIs, ‘s outstanding innings in the first ODI contributed to India’s decisive victory. In the 50-over format of the game, he is only the second player in the world to reach 15,000 runs, behind . While Kohli concluded his ODI career with 15,079 runs in 315 games, Tendulkar finished with 18,426 runs in 463 games.