Captains who have scored 1000 plus runs while chasing in one day internationals – V Kohli joins the elite list
V Kohli became the thirteenth captain in the history of one day games to compile 1000 plus runs while batting second and winning the game that is while chasing. He reached the milestone when he was on 35 during the course of his knock of 82 not out at Dambulla against Sri Lanka on 20 Aug 2017. At the end of the game, his run aggregate read 1047. The performance of these thirteen captains are tabulated below
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 |
| 1 | RT Ponting | Aus | 64 | 57 | 16 | 2453 | 126 | 059.82 | 6 | 16 | 1 |
| 2 | GC Smith | RSA | 49 | 49 | 08 | 2444 | 134* | 059.60 | 5 | 19 | 1 |
| 3 | SP Fleming | NZl | 56 | 54 | 14 | 2228 | 134* | 055.70 | 6 | 13 | 2 |
| 4 | M Azharuddin | Ind | 49 | 41 | 15 | 1644 | 095* | 063.23 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 5 | A Ranatunga | Srl | 50 | 44 | 22 | 1619 | 131* | 073.59 | 1 | 09 | 3 |
| 6 | SC Ganguly | Ind | 36 | 35 | 07 | 1609 | 135* | 057.46 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| 7 | MS Dhoni | Ind | 63 | 43 | 26 | 1558 | 101* | 091.64 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | WJ Cronje | RSA | 44 | 36 | 13 | 1471 | 094 | 063.95 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 9 | AR Border | Aus | 40 | 31 | 14 | 1243 | 091* | 073.11 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | BC Lara | Win | 38 | 35 | 13 | 1200 | 087 | 054.54 | 0 | 08 | 1 |
| 11 | ST Jayasuriya | Srl | 27 | 27 | 04 | 1138 | 103 | 049.47 | 3 | 06 | 0 |
| 12 | AB de Villiers | RSA | 22 | 20 | 16 | 1064 | 136* | 266.00 | 3 | 05 | 0 |
| 13 | V Kohli | Ind | 14 | 11 | 06 | 1047 | 139* | 209.40 | 5 | 05 | 0 |
V Kohli became the fourth Indian captain in the history of one day games to compile 1000 plus runs while batting second and winning the game that is while chasing. He reached the milestone when he was on 35 during the course of his knock of 82 not out at Dambulla against Sri Lanka on 20 Aug 2017. At the end of the game, his run aggregate read 1047. The performance of these four captains are tabulated below
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 |
| 1 | M Azharuddin | Ind | 49 | 41 | 15 | 1644 | 095* | 063.23 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | SC Ganguly | Ind | 36 | 35 | 07 | 1609 | 135* | 057.46 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| 3 | MS Dhoni | Ind | 63 | 43 | 26 | 1558 | 101* | 091.64 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | V Kohli | Ind | 14 | 11 | 06 | 1047 | 139* | 209.40 | 5 | 05 | 0 |
It is interesting to note that India holds the record in this category of statistics with four of its captains accomplishing the feat closely followed by South Africa which has three captains. The following table list the break up of captains teamwise.
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 |
| 1 | RT Ponting | Aus | 64 | 57 | 16 | 2453 | 126 | 059.82 | 6 | 16 | 1 |
| 2 | AR Border | Aus | 40 | 31 | 14 | 1243 | 091* | 073.11 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | M Azharuddin | Ind | 49 | 41 | 15 | 1644 | 095* | 063.23 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | SC Ganguly | Ind | 36 | 35 | 07 | 1609 | 135* | 057.46 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| 3 | MS Dhoni | Ind | 63 | 43 | 26 | 1558 | 101* | 091.64 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | V Kohli | Ind | 14 | 11 | 06 | 1047 | 139* | 209.40 | 5 | 05 | 0 |
| 1 | SP Fleming | NZl | 56 | 54 | 14 | 2228 | 134* | 055.70 | 6 | 13 | 2 |
| 1 | GC Smith | RSA | 49 | 49 | 08 | 2444 | 134* | 059.60 | 5 | 19 | 1 |
| 2 | WJ Cronje | RSA | 44 | 36 | 13 | 1471 | 094 | 063.95 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 3 | AB de Villiers | RSA | 22 | 20 | 16 | 1064 | 136* | 266.00 | 3 | 05 | 0 |
| 1 | A Ranatunga | Srl | 50 | 44 | 22 | 1619 | 131* | 073.59 | 1 | 09 | 3 |
| 2 | ST Jayasuriya | Srl | 27 | 27 | 04 | 1138 | 103 | 049.47 | 3 | 06 | 0 |
| 1 | BC Lara | Win | 38 | 35 | 13 | 1200 | 087 | 054.54 | 0 | 08 | 1 |