Shreyas Iyer broke Virat Kohli’s record, equaled Dhawan by reaching second place in this list.

By Samira Vishwas On Jun 19, 2026

Shreyas Iyer: Indian star batsman Shreyas Iyer has completed 3000 ODI runs in the second ODI match played against Afghanistan. With this, he has become the second player to score 3000 runs in the shortest number of innings, leaving behind Virat Kohli.

Shreyas Iyer: Team India won the second match of the three-match ODI series between India and Afghanistan by 170 runs. With this victory, current Indian vice-captain Shreyas Iyer has achieved a special achievement. Iyer played an inning of 26 runs in the second ODI match played in Lucknow. With this, he has completed 3000 runs in ODI cricket, breaking Virat Kohli’s record. Iyer has now jointly reached second place in the list of players who have completed 3000 runs in the fewest innings for India.

Shreyas Iyer left Virat Kohli behind

The current vice-captain of the Indian ODI team, Shreyas Iyer has scored 3000 runs in 72 innings of ODI cricket. At the same time, former opener Shikhar Dhawan had also achieved this feat in the same number of innings. In such a situation, both these players are jointly at the second position in scoring 3000 runs in the fewest innings in ODI cricket. At the same time, veteran batsman Virat Kohli is at third place in this list, who took 75 innings to reach the figure of 3000 runs.

Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer have entered an elite list of names during the course of this series 🤝#INDvsAFG pic.twitter.com/IRbzQ06mHY
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Shubman Gill on top

Captain Shubman Gill is at the top in the list of Indian players who have scored 3000 runs in the fewest innings in ODI cricket. He touched the figure of 3000 ODI runs in just 62 innings. Gill had achieved this feat in the first ODI match against Afghanistan. Apart from this, wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul is at fourth place in this list, who achieved this feat in 78 innings. At number five is Navjot Sidhu, who touched this figure in 79 innings.

Shreyas Iyer ODI Career

Talking about the ODI career of 31-year-old Indian star batsman Shreyas Iyer, he has played a total of 78 ODI matches for India so far. In which he has scored 3015 runs in 72 innings. During this period, he has scored 5 centuries and 23 half-centuries with his bat. His best score in ODI cricket is 128 runs not out.