New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are on a verge of breaking several records on their return to the Indian cricket team as the Men in Blue prepare to take on Australia in the first of the three ODIs at the Optus Stadium in Perth on Sunday. Having already retired from Tests and T20Is, both Kohli and Rohit last played an ODI during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai.

With 14181 runs in his kitty at an average of 57.88 Kohli just needs 54 runs to surpass Kumar Sangakkara (14,234) to become the second-highest run-scorer in the history of ODI cricket. Legendary Sachin Tendulkar tops the list with 18,426 runs.

Kohli also has an opportunity to topple Tendulkar for most runs in white-ball cricket (combining ODIs and T20Is)....