India’s occult batsman Virat Kohli will return to lead the Indian team in the ODI match against Sri Lanka. Kohli has never played for India in the 2023 ODI World Cup.
The 35-year-old last played for India in the final of the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup against South Africa in Barbados.
zoic-pub-ad-placeholder-104" data-inserter-version="2">Kohli scored an impressive 76 runs to help the Men in Blue beat the Proteas by 6 runs in the final. His last ODI match was the 2023 ODI World Cup final, which India lost to Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
He played an impressive match, scoring over 700 runs at an average of 95.
As ‘King Kohli’ returns to the Indian team to play against Sri Lanka in the ODI match, an incredible statistic has emerged that highlights the level of the legendary batsman. Kohli has scored more runs in ODI cricket than the entire Sri Lankan team put together in the India series.
Virat Kohli’s file in ODI cricket
Kohli has an excellent ODI record, scoring over 13,000 runs. He ranks only third in the all-time list for most ODIs and is expected to soon overtake second-placed Kumar Sangakkara. However, he is still a far cry from the diminutive maestro Sachin Tendulkar, who has scored over 18,000 runs in ODI cricket.
However, Kohli has surpassed Sachin in one odd statistic. In the semifinal of the 2023 ICC ODI World Cup, Kohli scored a hundred against New Zealand, surpassing Sachin to become the player with the most ODI centuries (50).
| Kohli’s ODI file | ||||||
| Ms | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | 100s | SR |
| 292 | 13,848 | 183 | 58.67 | 72 | 50 | 93.58 |
Sri Lankan squad’s file in ODI cricket
The newly appointed skipper, Charith Asalanka will likely be main the Sri Lankan squad for the ODI collection towards India. Regardless of some large names within the squad, the group nonetheless can’t surpass the undisputed king in ODI cricket.
| Sri Lankan squas’s ODI file | |||||
| Participant | Matches | Runs | HS | avg | SR |
| C Asalanka | 59 | 1918 | 110 | 43.59 | 89.79 |
| P Nissanka | 55 | 2225 | 210* | 44.5 | 90.96 |
| A Fernando | 38 | 1215 | 127 | 31.97 | 92.88 |
| K Mendis | 130 | 3859 | 122 | 32.98 | 86.6 |
| S Samarawickrama | 41 | 1170 | 108 | 35.45 | 95.66 |
| Km Mendis | 7 | 127 | 57 | 21.16 | 59.34 |
| J Liyanage | 9 | 346 | 101* | 69.2 | 87.37 |
| W Hasaranga | 54 | 895 | 80* | 22.94 | 111.04 |
| D Wellalage | 21 | 223 | 42* | 17.15 | 71.24 |
| C Karunaratne | 26 | 451 | 75 | 25.05 | 78.43 |
| M Theekshana | 42 | 264 | 38* | 16.5 | 59.98 |
| A Dananjaya | 40 | 291 | 50* | 12.12 | 69.78 |
| D Madushanka | 23 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 45.56 |
| M Pathirana | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2.2 | 58.62 |
| A Fernando | 7 | 1 | 1* | 1 | 16.66 |
| N Madushka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whole = 12,885 runs | |||||
