Virat Kohli completed 8000 runs in ODI run-chases during the India vs Australia Champions Trophy semifinal. (PTI)
Virat Kohli became India’s run-scorer in Champions Trophy history during the CT 2025 semi-final against Australia in Dubai on Tuesday. Kohli also completed 8000 runs in ODI run-chases, reaching the landmark when he touched 21 runs during a daunting 265-run chase in the evening. The 36-year-old reached the 8000-run mark in only his 159th innings batting second in ODIs across a 301-match career.
Kohli is only the second batter in history to reach 8000 ODI runs in chase after Sachin Tendulkar who leads the charts with 8720 runs from 232 innings. India captain Rohit Sharma (6115) rounds up the top three. A master of ODI run-chases, Kohli relishes gunning down targets with 28 of his 51 centuries in the format coming while batting second. Kohli’s ton shares in chases are the best in the world, placed well ahead of Tendulkar’s 17 centuries and Rohit’s 16 tons.
Over 70 per cent of Kohli’s runs in chases (5913*) have resulted in victories, the highest by any batter in the format. Incidentally, Kohli blitzed his fastest ODI century in 52 balls during India’s highest successful run-chase (362/1) against Australia in 2013 in Jaipur.
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Kohli surpasses Dhawan
Shortly before notching up his half-century, Kohli surpassed Shikhar Dhawan (701) as India’s highest run-scorer in the Champions Trophy during his fourth appearance in the tournament since 2009. Kohli is only the fourth batter to cross 700 runs in the Champions Trophy, with Chris Gayle (791) and Mahela Jayawardena (742) leading the batting charts. Kohli made 176 runs in five innings during India’s victorious 2013 campaign in England and scored a crucial 43 in the final against the hosts.
Earlier, during the league-stage match against Pakistan, Kohli slammed his 51st ODI century while becoming the fastest batter to reach 14,000 ODI runs, ahead of Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara.
India need to equal their joint-highest Champions Trophy run chase (265) to surpass Australia and qualify for their third successive Champions Trophy final.
Most runs in Champions Trophy history
| Player | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 |
| Chris Gayle | 17 | 791 | 133* | 52.73 | 3 | 1 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 21 | 742 | 84* | 41.22 | 0 | 5 |
| Virat Kohli | 16 | 713* | 100* | 89.12 | 1 | 6 |
| Shkhar Dhawan | 10 | 701 | 125 | 77.88 | 3 | 3 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 21 | 683 | 134* | 37.94 | 1 | 4 |
Most runs in ODI run chases
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| Player | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 232 | 8720 | 175 | 42.33 | 88.44 | 17 | 52 |
| Virat Kohli | 159 | 8003* | 183 | 64.54 | 93.25 | 28 | 40 |
| Rohit Sharma | 151 | 6115 | 152* | 49.71 | 91.72 | 16 | 37 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 210 | 5742 | 152 | 29.44 | 93.35 | 10 | 30 |
| Jacques Kallis | 158 | 5575 | 139 | 44.95 | 71.91 | 5 | 45 |
