Decoding list of batters with 12,000-plus international runs at home
Virat Kohli has become the second Indian batter to surpass 12,000 international runs at home during the first Test match against Bangladesh in the 2024 series at Chepauk. Kohli attained the milestone during the 2nd innings. He managed 17 runs after having scored six in the first innings. Here are list of batters with 12,000-plus international runs at home
Sachin Tendulkar - India (14,192 runs)
Sachin Tendulkar amassed 14,192 international runs at home. As per ESPNcricinfo, Sachin bagged 7,216 runs in 94 Tests at home averaging 52.67 (100s: 22, 50s: 32). Tendulkar also racked up 6,976 ODI runs in 164 home matches, averaging 48.11. He slammed 20 hundreds and 38 fifties on home soil. Overall, Sachin amassed 15,921 runs in Tests and 18,426 runs in ODIs.
Ricky Ponting - Australia (13,117 runs)
Australian great Ricky Ponting managed 13,117 international runs at home. Ponting slammed 7,578 runs in 92 Tests at an average of 56.97. He owns 23 hundreds and 38 fifties. In ODIs, Ponting averages 39.17 and has 5,406 runs from 153 matches. He owns 13 tons and 32 fifties. He also scored 133 runs in home T20Is at an average of 33.25 (four matches).
Jacques Kallis - South Africa (12,305 runs)
South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis amassed 12,305 international runs at home. In Tests, he averages 56.73 and owns 7,035 runs from 88 matches, (23 hundreds and 34 fifties). He featured in 142 ODIs at home scoring 5,178 runs at an average of 46.64, (six hundreds, 40 fifties) In T20Is he has slammed 92 runs in four matches (one fifty) averaging 23.
Kumar Sangakkara - Sri Lanka (12,043 runs)
Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batter Kumar Sangakkara managed 12,043 international runs at home. He scored 6,830 runs in 75 Test matches at 60.44, including 22 hundreds and 25 fifties. Sangakkara averages 40.72 in 142 ODIs at home, scoring 4,724 runs including four hundreds and 33 fifties. Additionally, he finished with 489 T20I runs in 18 home matches averaging 34.92 (two fifties).
Virat Kohli - India (12,006 runs*)
Kohli owns a total of 4,167 Test runs in 51 home matches, averaging 58.69. He owns 14 hundreds and 12 fifties. In ODIs, he averages 60.85 at home amassing 6,268 runs in 122 matches. Kohli owns 24 tons and 33 fifties. Kohli, who retired from T20Is this year, signed off with 1,577 runs in 46 matches, averaging 50.87 (14 fifties) at home.
