During the India-Paksitan ICC World Cup 2019 match, Virat Kohli became the quickest to reach 11,000 ODI runs, going past the Indian batting legend Tendulkar. The Indian skipper took 222 visits to the crease to reach the milestone, 54 few than Tendulkar, who was the quickest with 276 innings before Kohli shattered the record
Manchester: India captain Virat Kohli eclipsed another record of Sachin Tendulkar’s during the team’s big clash against Pakistan at the ICC World Cup 2019 at Old Trafford on Sunday (June 16).
The 30-year-old Kohli became the quickest to reach 11,000 ODI runs, going past the Indian batting legend Tendulkar. The Indian skipper took 222 visits to the crease (230 matches) to reach the milestone, 54 few than Tendulkar, who was the quickest with 276 innings before Kohli shattered the record.
After Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul had set the platform for India with a century partnership against Pakistan, Kohli, who was subdued when Rohit was going great guns, brought up his 51st half century after the vice-captain’s exit.
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Rohit was dismissed for a superb 140 and then Kohli started attacking the bowlers. Kohli had started the match needing 57 to complete 11,000 runs in the 50-over format.
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Kohli got there with a boundary off Hasan Ali in the 45th over to reach the milestone and break Tendulkar’s record. Kohli is the quickest to 8,000, 9,000, 10,000 runs landmarks.
222 innings — Virat Kohli (India)
276 — Sachin Tendulkar (India)
286 — Ricky Ponting (Australia)
288 — Sourav Ganguly (India)
293 — Jaques Kallis (South Africa)
1,000 runs: Fakhar Zaman (18 innings) – Pakistan
2,000: Hashim Amla (40) – South Africa
3,000: Amla (57)
4,000: Amla (81)
5,000: Amla (101)
6,000: Amla (123)
7,000: Amla (150)
8,000: Virat Kohli (175) –India
9,000: Kohli (194)
10,000: Kohli (205)
11,000: Kohli (222)
12,000: Tendulkar (300)
13,000: Tendulkar (321)
14,000: Tendulkar (350)
15,000: Tendulkar (377)
16,000: Tendulkar (399)
17,000: Tendulkar (424)
18,000: Tendulkar (440)
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