Kohli Becomes the Third Player with Most 50+ Scores in ODIs: Indian batter Virat Kohli becomes the third player to score the most 50+ runs in the ODI format of the game. Notably, Virat is the only ACTIVE player in the top 10 of the list of players with the most 50+ scores in ODIs.
Kohli Becomes the Third Player with Most 50+ Scores in ODIs
Virat Kohli achieved this massive feat in the Asia Cup 2023 Super 4 match against Pakistan on September 11 at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
Right after the Pakistan vs India Asia Cup 2023 group match ended a draw after rain interrupted and forced the officials to end the match, ACC announced a reserve day for their Super 4 clash on Sunday.
As expected the rain intervened and forced the match to halt while India scored 147 runs for 2 wickets loss in 24.1 overs. Kohli who scored just 7 runs at the beginning of the match on the reserve day started to hit aggressively and scored his half-century in 55 balls.
With the score, Virat Kohli becomes the third player with the most 50+ scores in ODIs. None other than the God of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar tops the list with 154 50+ scores.
Most 50+ scores in ODIs Full List
| Player | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | 100 | 50+ |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 463 | 452 | 18426 | 200* | 49 | 145 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 404 | 380 | 14234 | 169 | 25 | 118 |
| Virat Kohli | 278* | 267 | 12977 | 183 | 46 | 112 |
| Ricky Ponting | 375 | 365 | 13704 | 164 | 30 | 112 |
| Jacques Kallis | 328 | 314 | 11579 | 139 | 17 | 103 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 448 | 418 | 12650 | 144 | 19 | 96 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 445 | 433 | 13430 | 189 | 28 | 96 |
| Rahul Dravid | 344 | 318 | 10889 | 153 | 12 | 95 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 311 | 300 | 11363 | 183 | 22 | 94 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | 378 | 350 | 11739 | 137* | 10 | 93 |
| MS Dhoni | 350 | 297 | 10773 | 183* | 10 | 83 |
| Brain Lara | 299 | 289 | 10405 | 169 | 19 | 82 |
| Rohit Sharma | 247* | 240 | 9978 | 264 | 30 | 80 |
| Mohammad Yousuf | 288 | 273 | 9720 | 141* | 15 | 79 |
| Chris Gayle | 301 | 294 | 10480 | 215 | 25 | 79 |
