Tendulkar had achieved the landmark of 16,000 in 391 innings, finishing with 21,999 runs from 538 innings in 551 List A games, of which 18,426 came from 452 ODI innings. Kohli has 14,557 runs from 296 ODI innings.
Kohli now has the record for being the fastest to each block of 1000 List A runs from 10,000 onwards.
Tendulkar and Kohli are the only Indians in the top five on the list of fastest to 16,000 runs in List A cricket. The others, below them, are Gordon Greenidge (422 innings), Ricky Ponting (430 innings) and Graham Gooch and Viv Richards (435 innings).
Like Kohli, Rohit is also making a comeback to the Vijay Hazare Trophy, India’s premier domestic 50-over competition. Kohli last participated in the tournament in 2009-2010, while Rohit did so in 2017-18.
Kohli’s decision to play in the Vijay Hazare Trophy came after weeks of speculation, but his return also coincided with a rich vein of form. He was the Player of the Series in the ODIs against South Africa late last month, hitting two hundreds and an unbeaten half-century. Rohit, too, gave strong evidence that he was far from a spent force with a superb hundred in Australia, followed by two half-centuries in three innings against South Africa.
Both of them, retired from Tests and T20Is, are in the fray for the 2027 ODI World Cup.