The second week of the year 2026 will be historic for Virat Kohli! This work will have to be done in New Zealand ODI series

Virat Kohli: Team India’s legendary batsman Virat Kohli After international cricket, now he is making waves in domestic cricket also. After a long time, Kohli is seen playing for Delhi in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025. Till now Virat Vijay Hazare has played 2 matches in 2025. Kohli scored a century in the first match and a half-century in the second match.

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Now Kohli is going to be seen playing the third match for Delhi on 6th January, but the second week of January 2026 is going to be historic for Kohli. In which Virat Kohli can make a special place in his name. Kohli is very close to completing 28 thousand runs in international cricket and fans hope that Kohli can achieve this milestone in the ODI series with New Zealand.

Virat will complete 28 thousand international runs!

Virat Kohli has played 556 matches so far in all three formats of international cricket. During this period, Kohli has scored 27,975 runs while batting. And he needs only 25 more runs to complete 28 thousand runs in his career. If he achieves this target, he will become the third player to score 28 thousand runs in international cricket.

Most runs in international cricket

Before Kohli, only two batsmen have been able to reach the achievement of 28 thousand runs in international cricket. Former great batsman of Team India, Sachin Tendulkar had scored 34,357 runs while batting in 664 matches in his cricket career. Till date no batsman has been able to score more runs than him in international cricket. At the second place comes the name of former Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara. Who had scored 28,016 runs in 594 matches.

Kohli will be seen in the upcoming ODI series

This is a big opportunity for Virat Kohli in the upcoming three-match ODI series. For him, this is not only the milestone of 28 thousand runs, but also an opportunity to surpass Kumar Sangakkara and become the second highest run-scorer in international cricket. Team India has to play a 3-match ODI series with New Zealand.