Auckland, Nov. 4 -- Indian batting icon Virat Kohli continued to leave a trail of records behind, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar for most runs in ODI run chases on Wednesday.

Virat achieved this milestone during his side's first ODI against New Zealand at Auckland, scoring a quickfire 74 in 51 balls, with 13 fours and a six, with a strike rate of 145.10.

Virat has now surpassed Sachin (8,720 runs in 242 innings with 17 centuries and 52 fifties at an average of 42.33) to become the most accomplished run-chaser in ODI history. Now he has scored 8,741 runs in 180 matches and 169 innings at an average of 66.21 and a strike rate of 95.03 during run-chases, with 30 centuries and 46 fifties.

His record in successful run-chases is even more stunn...