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Kohli continues to play for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League.
Virat Kohli needs 25 runs to complete 28000 runs in international cricket. The right-handed batter will become only the third cricketer to reach the milestone.
Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara are the two players with more than 28000 runs. Sachin, who is the fastest batter to script the landmark, was involved in 644 innings to touch the 28000-run mark. He accumulated 34357 runs in 782 innings.
Sangakkara amassed his 28000th run in his final game for Sri Lanka. In 666 innings, he posted 28016 runs and played his last match against India in 2015.
Kohli has managed 27975 runs in 623 innings. He has a chance to go past Sachin in the first ODI against New Zealand on January 11. The right-handed batter has scored 14557 runs in 308 ODIs, laced with 53 hundreds and 76 half-centuries.
The legendary batter represented India in 123 Tests, scoring 9230 runs. He made his Test debut in 2011 and went on to hit 30 hundreds. He announced his retirement before the tournament of England in May 2025.
Kohli scored 4188 runs in 125 T20Is. He smashed a century and 38 half-centuries in the shortest format. He bid adieu to T20Is after India won the 2024 World Cup under Rohit Sharma’s leadership. Kohli continues to play for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League.