Kohli surpasses Tendulkar

PAARL, Jan 19: Adding another feather to his cap, Virat Kohli on Wednesday surpassed Sachin Tendulkar to become India's highest run-getter in ODI cricket away from home during the first ODI of the three-match series against South Africa at Boland Park, here.

Kohli (5057) needed just nine runs to go past Tendulkar's run tally (5065 runs in 147 innings) when he walked out to bat.

With this, the star batter has now become the highest run-getter for India in Away ODIs. He is followed by former India captain MS Dhoni (4520 runs in 124 inns), Rahul Dravid (3998 runs in 110 inns) and Sourav Ganguly (3468 runs in 105 inns).

The 33-year-old also had 1,287 runs against the Proteas ahead of the first ODI and surpassed two Indian batting stalwarts - Dravid and Ganguly, as he reached the 27th run in his innings. The former Indian captain remains only behind Tendulkar, who has scored 2,001 runs against South Africa in ODIs. 

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