BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, recalling his conversations with cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, revealed that Tendulkar had identified Virat Kohli as contender to surpass his international records. Notably, Kohli overtook Tendulkar for most ODI centuries (54), scored 765 runs in 2023 World Cup, surpassing Tendulkar's 673 in 2003 World Cup and became fastest to reach 28,000 international runs.