Virat Kohli Needs 68 Runs In 2nd ODI To Break Sachin Tendulkar’s Feat, Become First Player In The World To…

Virat Kohli couldn’t make a mark on his comeback to international cricket and was dismissed for a duck by Mitchell Starc. The second ODI of the series will be played at the , which is one of the favourites venues of Virat Kohli. The veteran is one of the greatest white-ball batters, no doubt about it, but whatever he has done in the past won’t help him get selected in the coming series.

Kohli needs to show some kind of form to stay eligible for selection in the upcoming series and the World Cup 2027, and he couldn’t have asked for a better venue for the second ODI.

Virat Kohli On Cusp Of History

A good outing by Kohli would not only revive his career but also help him break a massive record of Sachin Tendulkar. Kohli has scored 18,368 runs in white-ball cricket, including 14,181 ODI runs and 4,188 T20I runs, and he needs just 68 more runs to leapfrog Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of 18,436 runs.

Additionally, Kohli could also become the first away batsman to score 1000 runs at Adelaide Oval across formats. Kohli has scored 527 runs in five Tests at Adelaide Oval and has 244 runs in four ODIs at the venue. He needs 229 runs to become the first non-Australian to reach the landmark. But scoring 229 will be a very stiff task for Kohli.

If Virat Kohli can score a century at Adelaide Oval, he will become the first away batter to score six centuries at the venue. Kohli has scored three Test and two ODI hundreds at Adelaide. The century would also make him the first player in the world to hit 52 centuries in one format, overtaking Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of 51 hundreds in Tests. It would also be his 30th overseas ton, and he will break Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most tons away from home – 29.

If Kohli scores 49 runs at Adelaide Oval, he will also become the first player in the world to score 2500 ODI runs vs Australia in 50 or fewer innings.

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