Virat Kohli Becomes Fastest To Reach 20,000 International Runs breaks Tendulkar And Lara’s Record
Mumbai: Indian cricket team skipper is on his role in ongoing ICC World Cup has he became the fastest to 20,000 international runs when he reached 37 during India’s 6th match against West Indies.
Kohli broke a long-standing record held jointly by Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara.
Kohli who made his debut for India in 2010, is the fastest to 11,000 ODI runs and has 6613 including 25 hundred in 77 Tests and 2263 runs in 67 T20Is.
Kohli reached a score of 20000 runs in 416th innings – 131 in Tests, 223 in ODIs and 62 in T20. Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara took 453 innings to reach the milestone while Ricky Ponting scored 20000 international runs in 468 innings.
Meanwhile, Virat Kohli became the 12th batsman and 3rd Indian after Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid to reach 20,000 international runs.
Kohli also has 41 ODI hundreds, second only to Sachin Tendulkar’s 49 hundred in the 50-over format.
In the 2019 World Cup, Virat Kohli has been in solid form. After falling cheaply against South Africa, they scored 82 against Australia, 77 against Pakistan, 67 against Afghanistan and 72 against West Indies.
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