Virat Kohli comes close to breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s tremendous world record! Sanath left Jayasuriya behind after winning POTS

By Samira Vishwas On Dec 7, 2025

Virat Kohli Record: In the three-match ODI series played between India and South Africa, Virat Kohli performed brilliantly and scored centuries in two consecutive matches. At the same time, by scoring an unbeaten 65 runs in the third match, Kohli not only became the hero of the series but also left behind former Sri Lankan legend Sanath Jayasuriya by winning the Player of the Series (POTS) award. Now he is just three awards away from breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s all-time world record.

In the ODI series played between India and South Africa, Virat Kohli made another big history by batting brilliantly. Virat was chosen Player of the Series for his brilliant performance in the series, with which he left behind former Sri Lankan legend Nath Jayasuriya and became second in the list of people who have won the most Player of the Series awards in ODI cricket.

In this series, runs were scored continuously from the bat of Virat Kohli. In the first ODI played in Ranchi, he played a explosive inning of 135 runs, while in the second ODI in Raipur too, he left the South African bowlers helpless by scoring 102 runs. Even in the third ODI played in Visakhapatnam, Virat did not calm down and scored unbeaten 65 runs in 45 balls, leading the team to victory by 9 wickets. Due to which Kohli was the most successful batsman of this series by scoring 302 runs at an average of 151.

Players who have won the most Player of the Series awards in ODI cricket

Sachin Tendulkar- (15 Awards)
Virat Kohli- (12 Awards)
Sanath Jayasuriya- (11 Awards)
Shaun Pollock- (9 Awards)
Chris Gayle- (8 Awards)

Talking about the match, in the third and decisive ODI played in Visakhapatnam on Saturday (6 December), India defeated South Africa by 9 wickets and won the series 2-1. Batting first, South Africa scored 270 runs with the help of Quinton de Kock’s 106 runs. For India, Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna took 4-4 wickets, while Ravindra Jadeja and Arshdeep Singh took 1-1 wicket.

Chasing the target, the Indian team won the match with 61 balls remaining. Yashasvi Jaiswal played a brilliant century of 116 not out, while captain Rohit Sharma added 75 runs. Kohli ended both the match and the series in style by scoring an unbeaten 65 runs.