New Delhi: Virat Kohli is an icon of India and has recently made an accomplishment for the Delhi team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. It's his first game in the Vijay Hazare Trophy since 2010, and it took place against Andhra at the BCCI COE ground on December 24.Kohli was able to join the likes of Sachin Tendulkar due to his accomplishment of 16,000 runs in List A cricket. Coming into the match in Bengaluru, the batting legend only needed one run to reach the milestone and was able to reach it early in his innings. Kohli is the second player after Sachin to reach the milestone in List A cricket. Most runs for India in List A cricket 1 - Sachin Tendulkar 21999 runs in 538 innings 2 - Virat Kohli 16,000 runs in 330 innings * 3 - Sourav Ganguly 15622 runs in 421 innings 4 - Rahul Dravid 15721 runs in 416 innings 5 - Rohit Sharma 13758 runs in 338 innings Tendulkar is the highest in the world in ODI cricket with runs of 21,999 in List A cricket. From 1989 to 2012, Tendulkar scored that over the course of 538 innings. Former England cricketer Graham Gooch has the most with runs in List A cricket with 22,111, and another England cricketer Graeme Hick with 22,059. Kohli returned to the Vijay Hazare Trophy recently for the first time starting from the 2009/10 season.He was last in the tournament in 2010 in his capacity as the captain of Delhi against Services. The icon returned after 15 years to the tournament.Focusing on the match, Andhra registered 298/8, with Riku Bhui scoring a century. Other batters also contributed to Andhra's competitive total. Simarjeet Singh, a fast bowler for Delhi, also starred with the ball, claiming a five-wicket haul.
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