VHT 2025/26: Kohli goes past another Tendulkar record on a run-filled day
The major stats highlights from a run-filled day at the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025/26.
9 – Virat Kohli became the ninth player to get to 16,000 List-A runs. Among the 113 cricketers with at least 10,000 runs in the format, his average of 57.6 is second only to Michael Bevan's 57.86. AB de Villiers and MS Dhoni are the only others in this group with a 50-plus average.
330 – Kohli reached the 16,000-run mark in just 330 innings, making him the fastest to the milestone, ahead of Sachin Tendulkar who took 391 innings.
Most runs in List-A cricket
| Player | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Gooch | 613 | 601 | 22211 | 40.16 | 44 |
| Graeme Hick | 651 | 630 | 22059 | 41.3 | 40 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 551 | 538 | 21999 | 45.54 | 60 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 529 | 501 | 19456 | 43.52 | 39 |
| Viv Richards | 500 | 466 | 16995 | 41.96 | 26 |
| Ricky Ponting | 456 | 445 | 16363 | 41.74 | 34 |
| Gordon Greenidge | 440 | 436 | 16349 | 40.56 | 33 |
| Virat Kohli | 343 | 330 | 16130 | 57.6 | 58 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 557 | 542 | 16128 | 31.19 | 31 |
| Allan Lamb | 484 | 463 | 15658 | 39.14 | 19 |
58 – List-A hundreds for Kohli, who scored 131 in Delhi's win over Andhra. Only Sachin Tendulkar (60) has more. Rohit Sharma also scored a century, his 37th in List-A cricket.
9 – Rohit Sharma's 155 against Sikkim was his ninth score of 150-plus in List-A cricket, equalling David Warner for the most. Gordon Greenidge is next with six.
Suryavanshi, Gani power Bihar past 500
Bihar scored 574/6 against Arunachal Pradesh in Ranchi, the highest total in List-A cricket, surpassing the previous record of 506/2.
Highest scores in List-A cricket
| Score | Team | Opponent | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 574/6 | Bihar | Arunachal Pradesh | Ranchi | 24 Dec 2025 |
| 506/2 | Tamil Nadu | Arunachal Pradesh | Bengaluru | 21 Nov 2022 |
| 498/4 | England | Netherlands | Amstelveen | 17 Jun 2022 |
| 496/4 | Surrey | Gloucestershire | The Oval | 29 Apr 2007 |
| 481/6 | England | Australia | Trent Bridge | 19 Jun 2018 |
14 years 272 days – Age of Vaibhav Suryavanshi when he scored his maiden List-A hundred, making him the youngest to reach the milestone in the format.
32 – Balls taken by Sakibul Gani to score a hundred during Bihar's innings, the third-fastest in all List-A cricket and the fastest by an Indian.
Fastest List-A hundreds (selected)
| Balls | Player | For | Against | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Jake Fraser-McGurk | South Australia | Tasmania | 8 Oct 2023 |
| 31 | AB de Villiers | South Africa | West Indies | 18 Jan 2015 |
| 32 | Sakibul Gani | Bihar | Arunachal Pradesh | 24 Dec 2025 |
| 33 | Ishan Kishan | Jharkhand | Karnataka | 24 Dec 2025 |
| 36 | Vaibhav Suryavanshi | Bihar | Arunachal Pradesh | 24 Dec 2025 |
59 – Balls taken by Suryavanshi to reach 150, the fastest to that landmark in List-A cricket (where data is available), beating AB de Villiers' previous record of 64 balls.
38 – Sixes hit by Bihar, the most in a team innings in List-A cricket.
0/116 – Bowling figures by Arunachal Pradesh's Mibom Mosu in nine overs, the most expensive in List-A cricket history.
397 runs – Victory margin for Bihar, the second-highest in all List-A cricket.
Karnataka pull off the second-highest List-A run-chase
413 – Powered by Devdutt Padikkal's 147, Karnataka chased down 413 against Jharkhand in Ahmedabad. This is only the second successful 400-plus run chase in List-A cricket history, after South Africa's famous win over Australia at the Wanderers in 2006.
825 – Total runs scored by both teams, the joint-highest ever in a List-A match in Asia.
383 – Bengal chased down 383 against Vidarbha in Rajkot, completing the third-highest successful List-A chase in India.
Highest targets chased down in List-A cricket in India
| Target | Teams | Venue | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 413 | Karnataka vs Jharkhand | Ahmedabad | 2025 |
| 384 | Andhra vs Goa | Bengaluru (RSIG) | 2012 |
| 383 | Karnataka vs Mumbai | Ahmedabad | 2024 |
| 383 | Bengal vs Vidarbha | Rajkot (SCGA) | 2025 |
