New Delhi: Star batter Virat Kohli on Wednesday surpassed 'Master Blaster' Sachin Tendulkar to become the highest run-scorer for the Indian cricket team in away One-Day-Internationals. The 33-year-old attained the big milestone during India vs South Africa 1st ODI at the Boland Park in Paarl.
Former India skipper Virat leapfroged batting legend Sachin Tendulkar after scoring 9 runs in the ongoing Ind vs SA 1st ODI. Sachin earlier held the record with 5065 runs in away ODIs while playing for team India.
Earlier, Rassie van der (129*) and Temba Bavuma (110) stitched a solid 204 run stand for the fourth wicket to power the Proteas to mammoth 296/4 against India. The record-breaking partnership between Rassie and Bavuma is the 2nd highest by a South African batting pair in 50-overs format.
Most Runs For Team India In Away ODIs:
Virat Kohli - 5068* runs
Sachin Tendulkar - 5065 runs
MS Dhoni - 4520 runs
Rahul Dravid - 3998 runs
Sourav Ganguly - 3468 runs
Fans are hoping for Virat to score a ton in today's ODI series opener. Last time, Virat scored an international ton was two years ago in 2019 against Bangladesh during a Day-Night Test match in Kolkata.
In the last two years, Virat has scored fifties but he hasn't been able to get a hundred in international cricket for two straight years.
Following team India's heart-breaking loss against Proteas in the recently-concluded three-match Test series, Virat Kohli, team India's most successful Test skipper, took to Twitter to announce that he is stepping down as Test captain.