India's star batter, Virat Kohli, achieved a historic milestone by becoming the fastest player to reach 14,000 ODI runs during the Champions Trophy 2025 match against Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

At the age of 36, Kohli surpassed the legendary Sachin Tendulkar (who reached the milestone in 350 innings) by achieving this feat in just 287 innings. Kohli reached the landmark when he scored 15 runs in the chase against Pakistan.

Kohli is now the third cricketer ever to reach this milestone, following Tendulkar and Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, who reached it in 378 innings in 2015. Impressively, the former Indian captain needed only 10 innings to move from 13,000 to 14,000 runs. In September 2023, Kohli reached his 13,000th ODI run while playing against Pakistan in the Asia Cup in Colombo.

Kohli achieved 13,000 runs in just 277 innings, 44 innings quicker than the previous record-holder, Tendulkar, who reached the mark in 321 innings. Later that year, Kohli had an outstanding performance in the ODI World Cup, breaking Tendulkar's record for the most runs in a single edition with 765 runs. During the semi-final of the World Cup, Kohli surpassed Tendulkar's record with his 50th ODI century.

With over 15,000 runs in overall List-A cricket, Kohli ranks 15th in the all-time charts and third in ODI cricket, behind Tendulkar (18,426) and Sangakkara (14,234). Kohli's 54 List A centuries are second only to Tendulkar's 60.

Kohli is on the verge of completing 300 ODIs and will become the seventh Indian to reach this milestone, joining the ranks of Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Mohammed Azharuddin, Sourav Ganguly, and Yuvraj Singh.

Fastest to 14,000 ODI runs (innings)
287 – Virat Kohli
350 – Sachin Tendulkar
378 – Kumar Sangakkara