Considered arguably the greatest batsmen to grace ODI cricket, Virat Kohli reached 6,000 ODI runs in his 136th ODI innings, which was against Sri Lanka in Hyderabad in 2014. Kohli marked the occasion with a match-winning 53 off 61 balls. He also holds the record of scoring most ODI hundreds with his tally of 50 centuries.

In the process of reaching 6000 ODI runs, Babar Azam has left behind Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson and David Warner. India's Virat Kohli had taken 136 innings to bring up 6,000 ODI runs, while Kane Williamson and David Warner had taken 139 innings each.

Kane Williamson trumped South African opener Matthew Breetzke’s record-breaking debut ODI hundred and led New Zealand to the tri-nation series final with a six-wicket win on Monday.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the tri-nation series final on Friday in a dress rehearsal for both teams ahead of next week’s opening game of the Champions Trophy. Pakistan eliminated South Africa from the final with its epic run-chase of 355-4 at the same venue on Wednesday with captain Mohammad Rizwan and vice-captain Salman Ali Agha scoring centuries.

Follow live coverage of Pakistan vs New Zealand from the Tri-Series in Pakistan 2025 today. The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year cycle of matches before a two-team final decides the winner.

Pakistan's Shaheen Shah Afridi, Saud Shakeel and Kamran Ghulam have been fined for breaching the code of conduct in separate incidents in their one-day international victory over South Africa, cricket's governing body ICC said on Thursday.