Virat Kohli climbs to the top of the 2023 World Cup run table and equals Sachin Tendulkar's legendary World Cup record

This World Cup encounter represented another opportunity for India, and it also marked another fifty-score for Virat Kohli. The former skipper kept up his scorching form, hitting another fifty in his team's league stage match against the Netherlands on Sunday in Bengaluru.

With five fours and a six in his 51 off 56 balls while batting at number three, the veteran wrecked havoc. By achieving this, he matched the global record held by Sachin Tendulkar for scoring more than 50 points in a single global Cup edition. Sachin hit 673 runs in total at the 2003 World Cup, including seven innings of fifty or more. In the meanwhile, Kohli has amassed 594 runs to date in this World Cup, including seven 50-plus innings.

However, Kohli is not the first athlete to break Sachin's legendary record. Shakib Al Hasan, the captain of Bangladesh, already accomplished this at the 2019 World Cup, scoring seven runs or more and totaling 606 runs.

India won the toss and chose to bat first against the Netherlands on Sunday. Along with smashing 61 off 54 balls to reach a half-century, Rohit Sharma also hammered eight fours and two sixes in the opening innings. He became the highest run-scorer for India in a single World Cup campaign, surpassing the mark held by Sourav Ganguly, who was 20 years old. In 11 innings at the 2003 World Cup, Ganguly scored a career-high 111 runs. He smacked three centuries as well. With a maximum score of 131, Rohit has now amassed 503 in nine innings throughout this World Cup. He also picked up a tonne and three half-centuries throughout the current campaign.

With 594 runs in nine matches, Kohli leads the World Cup run list at the moment. He's ahead of Rohit (503), Rachin Ravindra (565), and South Africa's starter Quinton de Kock (591). With two tonnes, Kohli trails only De Kock (4) and Ravindra (3) on the list of players with the most hundreds this campaign. He has the most fifties at the moment, having smacked five and received one in the 1990s.

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