On October 24, 2018, Virat Kohli created history by becoming the fastest batsman to reach 10,000 runs in One Day Internationals, surpassing his compatriot and India’s greatest batsman. Sachin Tendulkar. He achieved this feat in his career innings of 205 against West Indies in the second ODI of the series, batting at Visakhapatnam. Sachin scored 10,000 runs in 259 innings.
With this, the Indian captain became the 12th batsman in the world to achieve this feat.
In the game, Kohli played a mammoth innings of 157 runs in 129 balls to help his team reach a mammoth total of 321 for 6 in 50 overs. During this innings, the Indian captain became the fastest batsman to score 1,000 runs in just 11 innings in a calendar year.
The India-West Indies match is an interesting part of cricket history as this high-octane clash ended in a tie. In response to India’s big score, with Shai Hope’s century and Shimron Hetmyer’s 94, West Indies were able to equalize India’s score.
Much to India’s pride, the third fastest 10000 ODI runs by an Indian has also been scored. Sourav Ganguly reached the landmark in 263 innings. Australia’s Ricky Ponting, who scored 266 innings, is fourth on the list and South Africa’s Jacques Kallis is fifth with 272 innings.
14 international batsmen have scored 10,000 runs so far as MS Dhoni and Chris Gayle entered the 10,000-club in 2019. The elite list includes names of legends like Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara, Ricky Ponting, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene, Kohli, Inzamam-ul-. Haque, Kallis, Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Dhoni, Gayle, Brian Lara and Tillakaratne Dilshan.
The Indian captain is currently gearing up for his ICC T20 World Cup campaign which begins on Sunday, October 24 against arch-rivals Pakistan. The game will start at 7:30 pm at the Dubai International Stadium.
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