India are to begin their campaign in the Champions Trophy 2025 with a match against Bangladesh at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on February 20. Finishing as the runners-up in the last edition, India will be looking to cross the finishing line this time and end up winning the title for the second time. Apart from the Indian team, this tournament will be also be crucial for star batter Virat Kohli.
Struggling with the form in the last few months, Virat Kohli looked in great touch with his 52-run knock in the third ODI against England which turned out to be a great relief for the Indian fans ahead of the mega event. Now, as India will begin their Champions Trophy campaign, Kohli has a chance to break some major records in the upcoming tournament. In the following listicle, we will have a look at the top five records which Virat Kohli can break in Champions Trophy 2025.
5 records Virat Kohli can break in Champions Trophy 2025
Fastest batter to score 14000 ODI runs
Virat Kohli is on the verge to become the third batter after Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara to reach the milestone of 14000 runs in ODI cricket. Not only this, Kohli can also surpass both the legends to become the fastest batter on planet to accumulate 14000 ODI runs. Kohli has scored 13963 runs in 285 innings in his ODI career so far and needs just 37 runs in minimum three innings in the Champions Trophy. On the other hand, Sachin and Kumar Sangakkar reached the milestone in 350 innings and 378 innings respectively.
3rd Highest Run scorer in international cricket
Virat Kohli has amassed 27381 from 545 matches across all formats in his 18-year international career so far. Now, the star batter needs just 102 runs to surpass former Australian skipper Ricky Ponitng and become the third highest-run getter of all time in international cricket. After that, Kohli will be just behind Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara in the list of leading run getters in international cricket.
Most Runs in Champions Trophy
Virat Kohli also has a chance to become the leading run getter of all time in the history of the Champions Trophy. The right hander has amassed 529 runs from 13 matches in the tournament from 2009 to 2017 so far. Now, Kohli needs 263 runs more in the upcoming edition to surpass West Indies’ legend Chris Gayle and become leading run scorer of all time in the Champions Trophy.
Most 50s in Champions Trophy
Virat Kohli also has a chance to become the player with most number of half-centuries in the history of the Champions Trophy in the upcoming edition of the tournament. The star batter has currently five half-centuries to his name from 13 matches in the Champions Trophy. Now, Kohli need just two more 50+ scores to get most numbers of half-centuries in the history of the tournament.
Most ICC Trophies as player
The upcoming Champions Trophy will be crucial for Virat Kohli as he has a chance to become the player with joint most ICC trophies to his name. With one U-19 World Cup (2008), one ODI World Cup (2011) and one Champions Trophy (2013) and one T20 World Cup (2024), Kohli has now won four ICC trophies so far as a player. He is just behind Australia’s Ricky Ponting who has three ODI World Cups (1999, 2003 and 2007) and two Champions Trophy (2006 and 2009) to his name. If India win the Champions Trophy this year, Kohli will then join Ponting as both players will have five ICC titles to their name.
