Virat Kohli is just one run away from surpassing another Sachin Tendulkar record. Kohli needs 1 run to become the highest run-getter against New Zealand in ODIs for India. Both Kohli and Sachin have scored 1750 runs against the Kiwis. While Tendulkar took 41 innings to get to the tally, Kohli just completed it in 34 innings.
Virender Sehwag is at the third spot with 1157 runs in 23 innings while Mohammad Azharuddin follows him with 1118 runs in 39 innings. One run by Kohli in the second ODI will also help Kohli become the highest run-getter in ODIs played between India and New Zealand.
The right-handed batter had a good start to the three-match series after he struck 93 in the first match that India won and took a 1-0 lead.
Virat Kohli is now only behind the great Sachin Tendulkar in the men’s international run-scoring charts 👏#INDvNZ | More ➡️ https://t.co/9WQX3vMscT pic.twitter.com/bQRw7skJDJ
— ICC (@ICC) January 12, 2026
“If I look back at my whole journey then it is nothing short of a dream come true for me. I have always known my abilities, but I also knew I had to work extremely hard to get where I am today. God has blessed me with far more than I could ever ask for, I look back at my journey with a lot of grace and gratitude, and I feel really proud of it,” Kohli had said after the first match.
🗣️ If I look back at my whole journey, it’s nothing short of a dream come true. ✨
🎥 Virat Kohli reflects on his incredible career after becoming the 2⃣nd highest run-getter in men’s international cricket🙌👏#TeamIndia | #INDvNZ | @imVkohli | @idfcfirstbank pic.twitter.com/87BgcZlx4b
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 11, 2026
“If I am being brutally honest, the way I’m playing right now, I’m not thinking about milestones at all. If we were batting first, I probably would’ve gone harder. But in a chase, with a total on the board, I had to play the situation. I felt like hitting more boundaries, but experience kicks in. The only thing on my mind was getting the team into a position where we could win comfortably,” he added.
SQUAD: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Ayush Badoni, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel
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