{"id":223246,"date":"2026-01-14T15:51:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/ind-vs-nz-virat-kohli-shatters-sachin-tendulkars-historic-record-despite-quiet-outing-during-2nd-odi-in-rajkot\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T15:51:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:51:06","slug":"ind-vs-nz-virat-kohli-shatters-sachin-tendulkars-historic-record-despite-quiet-outing-during-2nd-odi-in-rajkot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/ind-vs-nz-virat-kohli-shatters-sachin-tendulkars-historic-record-despite-quiet-outing-during-2nd-odi-in-rajkot\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs NZ: Virat Kohli shatters Sachin Tendulkar\u2019s historic record despite quiet outing during 2nd ODI in Rajkot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Even though <a href=\"https:\/\/crickettimes.com\/player\/119\/virat-kohli\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Virat Kohli<\/b><\/a> couldn\u2019t make a big score during <strong>India<\/strong>\u2018s 2nd ODI against<strong> New Zealand<\/strong> on January 14, 2026, it still didn\u2019t stop him from breaking another historic milestone. While the superstar batter departed for a modest 23 off 29 balls in Rajkot, he achieved a feat that has stood for decades, further cementing his legacy as one of the game\u2019s greatest.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"virat-kohli-surpasses-the-master-sachin-tendulkar-during-2nd-odi-against-new-zealand\"><strong>Virat Kohli surpasses the master Sachin Tendulkar during 2nd ODI against New Zealand<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>During his stay at the crease today, Kohli officially surpassed <b>Sachin Tendulkar<\/b> to become India\u2019s highest run-scorer against New Zealand in ODI history. He entered the match needing just one run to break the record and did so in signature style, dispatching a boundary on his very first delivery. Kohli now sits second on the all-time list of international run-scorers against the Black Caps, trailing only Australian legend <b>Ricky Ponting<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ODI batting stats vs New Zealand<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Rank<\/th>\n<th>Batter<\/th>\n<th>Runs vs. New Zealand (ODIs)<\/th>\n<th>Average<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Ricky Ponting (AUS)<\/td>\n<td>1,971<\/td>\n<td>39.42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Virat Kohli (IND)<\/td>\n<td>1,773<\/td>\n<td>55.40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Sachin Tendulkar (IND)<\/td>\n<td>1,750<\/td>\n<td>46.05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Kumar Sangakkara (SL)<\/td>\n<td>1,568<\/td>\n<td>34.84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Kohli\u2019s consistency against New Zealand remains unmatched in several key categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Average:<\/b> He maintains a remarkable average of <b>55.40<\/b> against the Kiwis.<\/li>\n<li><b>Home Dominance:<\/b> In 20 home ODIs against New Zealand, he has amassed <b>1,238 runs<\/b> at a staggering average of <b>72.82<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Century King:<\/b> He holds the joint-record for the most ODI hundreds against New Zealand (6), sharing the top spot with Ponting and <strong>Virender Sehwag<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Also READ: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crickettimes.com\/2026\/01\/fans-react-as-indias-top-order-crumbles-losing-four-wickets-cheaply-against-new-zealand-in-2nd-odi-at-rajkot\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Fans react as India\u2019s top order crumbles, losing four wickets cheaply against New Zealand in 2nd ODI at Rajkot<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-king-kohli-reclaims-his-throne\"><b>The \u2018King\u2019 Kohli reclaims his throne<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>This record-breaking moment comes on the same day the ICC confirmed that<a href=\"https:\/\/crickettimes.com\/2026\/01\/virat-kohli-replaces-rohit-sharma-as-the-no-1-odi-batter-travis-head-makes-big-leap-in-icc-test-rankings\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Kohli has officially reclaimed the No. 1 spot<\/strong><\/a> in the Men\u2019s ODI Batting Rankings. Dethroning teammate <strong>Rohit Sharma<\/strong>, this marks Kohli\u2019s 11th stint at the summit and his first since July 2021. He has now spent a total of 825 days as the world\u2019s top-ranked batter, the most by any Indian in history. The milestone in Rajkot follows a clinical performance in the series opener in Vadodara on January 11, where Kohli became the fastest player in history to reach 28,000 international runs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Pace:<\/b> He reached the mark in just 624 innings, shattering Tendulkar\u2019s previous record of 644 innings.<\/li>\n<li><b>The Tally:<\/b> He also moved past <strong>Kumar Sangakkara<\/strong> (28,016) to become the second-highest run-scorer in the history of international cricket, trailing only Tendulkar\u2019s career total of 34,357.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Also READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/crickettimes.com\/2026\/01\/fans-react-as-indias-top-order-crumbles-losing-four-wickets-cheaply-against-new-zealand-in-2nd-odi-at-rajkot\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Fans react as India\u2019s top order crumbles, losing four wickets cheaply against New Zealand in 2nd ODI at Rajkot<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crickettimes.com\/2026\/01\/ind-vs-nz-virat-kohli-shatters-sachin-tendulkars-historic-record-despite-quiet-outing-during-2nd-odi-in-rajkot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though Virat Kohli couldn\u2019t make a big score during India\u2018s 2nd ODI against New Zealand on January 14, 2026, it still didn\u2019t stop him from breaking another historic milestone. While the superstar batter departed for a modest 23 off 29 balls in Rajkot, he achieved a feat that has stood for decades, further cementing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6803],"tags":[307,87,32128,1200,164,1141,66863,88,362,31354,331,413],"class_list":{"0":"post-223246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-2nd-odi","9":"tag-cricket","10":"tag-featured","11":"tag-ind-vs-nz","12":"tag-india","13":"tag-indvnz","14":"tag-kohli","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-odi","17":"tag-rajkot","18":"tag-sachin-tendulkar","19":"tag-virat-kohli"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}