Virat Kohli’s new record: Completed 16,000 runs in List A, second Indian after Sachin…King became the 9th batsman in the world!

New Delhi. India’s star batsman Virat Kohli has become the second batsman to complete 16 thousand runs in List A cricket. He achieved this feat against Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday in the Vijay Hazare Trophy tournament. He is the second Indian batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to achieve this feat. Before this match, Kohli has scored 15,999 runs in 342 List A matches at an impressive average of 57.34, which includes 57 centuries and 84 half-centuries. He achieved this feat by scoring the first run of his innings.

By achieving the feat of scoring 16 thousand runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Andhra Pradesh here today, Kohli has become the ninth batsman to achieve this feat in the history of cricket. Kohli is returning to India’s premier domestic 50-over tournament in the 2025-26 season after almost 15 years. He is playing under the captaincy of Rishabh Pant. He has joined the list of players like Graham Gooch, Graeme Hick, Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara, Sir Vivian Richards, Ricky Ponting, Gordon Greenidge and Sanath Jayasuriya.

The record of most List-A runs is recorded in the name of Gooch. The former great English batsman had scored 22,211 runs in 601 innings at an average of 40.1. Kohli started his List-A career in 2006 playing for Delhi. He has so far scored more than 16,000 runs in 330 innings of 343 matches. Meanwhile, he has scored 57 centuries and 84 half-centuries with the highest score of 183 runs. u

Talking about his first-class career, he has scored 11,485 runs in 259 innings with an average of 48. As per the instructions of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), centrally contracted players have to participate in domestic tournaments. Kohli last played in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2010. In his previous matches for Delhi, he played 17 matches and batted in 16 innings, scoring 910 runs with a highest score of 124 and an impressive batting average of 60.66.