HYDERABAD: Virat Kohli surpassed Rahul Dravid to become the second highest run-scorer for India in international cricket, during the third T20 International against Australia in Hyderabad on Sunday night.
Kohli took his tally to 24078 runs in 471 matches across the three formats in international cricket at an average of 53.62. His best individual score in cricket is 254 not out, hitting 71 centuries along with 125 fifties. He went past current India head coach Dravid, who made 24064 runs in international cricket. Infact, Dravid's international cricket run tally stands at 24208, including the 144 runs scored as a part of teams like Asia XI and ICC World XI.
Sachin Tendulkar is leading run scorer for India in international cricket with 34357 runs in 664 matches across the three formats at an average of 48.52. Overall, he is seventh in the world for most runs in international cricket behind Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara (28016 runs in 594 matches), Ricky Ponting (27483 runs in 560 matches), Mahela Jayawardene (25957 runs in 652 matches), Jacques Kallis (25534 runs in 519 matches) and Rahul Dravid (24208 runs in 509 matches). Agencies
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