Sports · 13 January 2026

Virat Kohli overtakes Kumar Sangakkara to become second-highest run-scorer in international cricket

Exam-focused facts from the 13 January 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • Virat Kohli overtook Kumar Sangakkara’s tally of 28,016 runs to become the second-highest run-scorer in international cricket.
  • Kohli achieved the feat in his 624th innings during the first ODI between India and New Zealand in Vadodara.
  • Sachin Tendulkar remains the highest run-scorer with 34,357 runs in 782 innings.
  • Kohli has scored 28,068 runs in international cricket so far.
  • Kohli struck a half-century in the match, marking his seventh-straight score of fifty or more in List A cricket.