Virat Kohli achieved a significant milestone on Sunday (February 23), moving past Ricky Ponting into the top three for most international runs.
In India's second match of the 2025 Champions Trophy, they were put in to field by Pakistan skipper Mohammad Rizwan. Pakistan ended up with 241 on the board, as a 104-run third-wicket stand between Saud Shakeel and Rizwan was followed by a slide from 151-2 to 200-7. Khushdil Shah (38) struck a few solid blows towards the end of the innings.
In reply, India started briskly before Rohit Sharma was bowled by Shaheen Afridi. That brought Virat Kohli to the crease, and he put on 69 with Shubman Gill before the latter was castled by a ball of the tournament contender from Abrar Ahmed. Kohli carried on in the company of Shreyas Iyer, going past a half-century.
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Kohli goes past Ponting
In the 36th over, Kohli flicked Haris Rauf to the square leg fence to go past former Australian captain Ricky Ponting's tally of 27,483 runs in international cricket. Kohli is now placed third among the leading run-scorers of all time across formats, behind Sachin Tendulkar (34,357) and Kumar Sangakkara (28,016).
At the time of writing, India were placed comfortably at 201-2 after 37 overs with Kohli batting on 81 off 92 balls.
Most runs scored in international cricket, full list
| Name | Matches | Innings | Runs | Fifties | Hundreds |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 664 | 782 | 34357 | 164 | 100 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 594 | 666 | 28016 | 153 | 63 |
| Virat Kohli | 547* | 614* | 27484* | 143 | 81 |
| Ricky Ponting | 560 | 668 | 27483 | 146 | 71 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 652 | 725 | 25957 | 136 | 54 |
| Jacques Kallis | 519 | 617 | 25534 | 149 | 62 |
| Rahul Dravid | 509 | 605 | 24208 | 146 | 48 |
| Brian Lara | 430 | 521 | 22358 | 111 | 53 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 586 | 651 | 21032 | 103 | 42 |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 454 | 553 | 20988 | 125 | 41 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | 499 | 551 | 20580 | 129 | 35 |
| Joe Root | 359 | 472 | 20567 | 111 | 52 |
| AB de Villiers | 420 | 484 | 20014 | 109 | 47 |
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