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On Tuesday, March 2, the Indian cricket team defeated Australia by five wickets with 11 balls to spare in a tricky run chase in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final, courtesy a splendid fifty from Virat Kohli. The former Indian captain scored 84 runs in 98 balls, to anchor the pursuit of the 265-run target at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, becoming the highest run-scorer for India in the history of the Champions Trophy.
During his typical innings in a 50-overs international, Virat Kohli also etched his name in the history books by achieving 8000-run mark in ODI chases, becoming just the second batter to get to this landmark after his former teammate Sachin Tendulkar. In this article, SportsTiger looks at both the Indian batters to hit 8000 runs in ODI chases in detail.
List of batters to hit 8000 runs in ODI chases
Virat Kohli (8063* runs in ODI chases)
Virat Kohli has scored a whopping 8063* runs in ODI chases in just 159 innings at an average of 64.50, which includes 28 of his 51 hundreds in the format. 5913 runs out of the aforementioned tally in run chases, which is more than 70 per cent of the entire total, from Virat Kohli have resulted in wins for the Indian cricket team, which is by far the most in the history of the ODI format.
Sachin Tendulkar (8720 runs in ODI chases)
Sachin Tendulkar is the highest run-scorer in the history of ODI chases with 8720 runs to his name in 232 innings at an average of 42.33, including just 17 of his 49 hundreds in the format. With such great numbers, the Master Blaster could have been considered as a greatest ODI run chaser, but his former teammate Virat Kohli has eclipsed most of his numbers with exceptional consistency.
Moreover, the next three top batters in the list of most runs in ODI chases are Rohit Sharma (6115), Sanath Jayasuriya (5742), and Jacques Kallis (5575).
