During the 2025 Champions Trophy semi-final, Virat Kohli’s 84-run knock led India to victory over Australia, marking his 74th ODI fifty and surpassing Sachin Tendulkar for most 50-plus scores in ICC ODI tournaments. Kohli now has 24 such scores in 53 innings, placing him among the top batters in these events.
Kohli’s important 84 off 98 balls helped India chase 265, marking his 24th fifty-plus score in 53 ICC ODI tournament innings; of those, he has five centuries and 12 fifties in 37 ODI World Cup innings, plus one century and six fifties in 16 ICC Champions Trophy innings.
Sachin Tendulkar ranks second in ICC ODI tournaments, scoring fifty-plus 23 times in 58 innings. His total includes six centuries and 15 fifties in 44 World Cup innings and one century and one fifty in 14 Champions Trophy innings. Overall, he has amassed 2,278 runs in the World Cup at 56.95 and 441 runs in the Champions Trophy at 36.75.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma is third in 50-plus run games (18) in ICC ODI tournaments, doing so in 42 innings. He also boasts 7 centuries and 6 fifties in 28 ODI World Cup innings, and 1 century and 4 fifties in 14 Champions Trophy innings.
Former Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara holds the fourth position with 17 fifty-plus scores in ICC ODI tournaments, achieved in 56 matches. He recorded five centuries and seven fifties in 35 ODI World Cup innings from 2003 to 2015. Furthermore, he notched one century and four fifties in 21 Champions Trophy innings.
Ricky Ponting secured the fifth spot on the list with 16 fifty-plus scores in ICC ODI tournaments, achieving this in 60 innings. In World Cup matches from 1996 to 2011, he hit six fifties and five hundreds in 42 innings. Additionally, Ponting recorded 104 fifties and one hundred across 18 Champions Trophy innings.
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