Virat Kohli on Saturday (October 25) went past Kumar Sangakkara to become the second-highest run-scorer in ODI history, while batting against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in a dead-rubber final ODI of a three-match series. By reaching 54* in the 32nd over of the second innings, Kohli got to 14,235 runs in his 305th ODI, beating Sangakkara’s 14,234 in 404 matches, a whopping 99 more than the Indian.

Only Kohli’s idol, Sachin Tendulkar, with his world-record 18,426 in 463 games, stands between the Delhi right-hander and the top spot. Kohli reached the milestone with a stellar average of over 57, head and shoulders above Sangakkara’s 41.98 and Tendulkar’s 44.83. The former India skipper has maintained that despite scoring two consecutive ducks in the first two games, which marked h

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