Virat Kohli surpasses Tendulkar's milestones to solidify 'chase master' reputation, becomes India's leading run-scorer in Champions Trophy

India's star player, Virat Kohli, made history once again in the ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final against Australia at the Dubai International Stadium. The 36-year-old cricketer scored an impressive 84 runs off 98 balls, breaking several records in the process. Kohli surpassed the 8000 run mark in ODI run-chases during the intense match, becoming only the second player in cricket history to achieve this milestone. It took him 159 innings to reach this remarkable feat, solidifying his legacy as one of the best batters in the sport's history.

Sachin Tendulkar leads the charts for most runs in chases as the Master Blaster has 8720 runs to his name in 232 innings. Rohit Sharma is at the third spot on the list with 6115 runs. Virat Kohli is the fastest to 8000 runs during run-chases, beating Sachin Tendulkar by a significant margin.

Kohli reached the milestone after surpassing the 21-run mark against Australia in the crucial semi-final in Dubai. The right-hander is widely regarded as the 'chase master' as out of his 51 ODI tons, 28 have come while chasing.

During the course of his innings against Australia, Virat Kohli also surpassed Shikhar Dhawan to have the most runs for India in the Champions Trophy. Chris Gayle is the leading run-scorer in the Champions Trophy with 791 runs.

The former India captain also surpassed Sachin Tendulkar in having the most half-centuries in ICC ODI events. Kohli scored his 24th fifty-plus score in the Champions Trophy semi-final against Australia.

King Kohli also has the most centuries while chasing in ODIs. The second spot belongs to Sachin Tendulkar, who has 17 tons to his name. It needs to be mentioned that more than 70 per cent of Kohli’s runs in chases have resulted in victories, which happens to be the highest for any batter in the format.

On the other hand, India captain Rohit Sharma has 16 centuries in run chases.

Kohli's 51st century in ODIs also came while chasing as he played an unbeaten 100-run knock against Pakistan in the Group A encounter of the Champions Trophy in Dubai.

India lose Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill early

While chasing 265 against Australia, India lost the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill early. Spinner Cooper Connolly dismissed Rohit, while Ben Dwarshius bowled Gill.

Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer then revived India's innings by putting on 91 runs for the third wicket. However, Adam Zampa ended Shreyas Iyer's 45-run knock in the 27th over.

Kohli was looking set for his 83rd international century, however, this was not to be as he lost his wicket in trying to go big off the bowling of Adam Zampa.

Earlier, Australia were bowled out for 264 after opting to bat first. Steve Smith scored 79, while Alex Carey played a knock of 61.

For India, Mohammed Shami scalped three wickets, while Varun Chakaravarthy and Ravindra Jadeja took two scalps each.

If India wins against Australia, then the side will reach their third successive Champions Trophy final.

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