India, Oct. 26 -- Virat Kohli walked in to bat in Sydney with the burden of two consecutive ducks and with uncertainty about his cricketing future. However, when he walked out, he had ensured a fine victory for India, scoring a fluent 74 off 81 deliveries and placing himself second on the list of highest run-scorers in ODIs.

Notably, Kohli now has 14,255 runs under his belt, just behind Sachin Tendulkar's 18,426. The record seems a long distance away; however, the question will rise in the minds of common Kohli fans - Can Kohli reach the summit of ODI runs?

Let us examine the probabilities in detail -

Fixtures left: Considering India plays in the final of WC 2027 and that turns out to be the last match of Kohli's career, we can say tha...