A legend in making becomes the legend, Virat Kohli seats on 10,000 runs
NP NEWS 24 ONLINE – Virat Kohli has proved himself as one of the best players from this generation. His records say that very clear and loud. Today in India Vs West Indies match he scored 10,000 international runs and became only 5th Indian batsmen to do so.
Virat Kohli was unbeaten on 157 runs on Wednesday and took India’s score over 300. In the end, India even after both their openers failed to give them a good start, managed to score 321 runs. This is an Indian captains 2nd century in a row.
Kohli, who will turn 30 next month, was dropped on 44 by West Indies captain Jason Holder off debutant seamer Obed McCoy and made the touring side pay by hitting 13 fours and four sixes in his 129-ball knock.
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He has become the fastest international player to score 10,000 international ODI runs. He surpasses the record of Sachin Tendulkar. With this 100 India, Virat has scored 4000 on Indian soil in ODIs.
He became the quickest to score 1000 runs in a calendar year as he managed the feat in just 11 innings and surpassed the record held jointly by him and Hashim Amla with 15.
Kohli is the leading run-scorer of 2018, having scored 1046 runs in 11 innings. Second to him is England’s Johnny Bairstow with 1025 runs in 22 innings.
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Kohli second his successive ODI hundred, fifth this year and the 37th of his career against the hapless Windies bowlers.
One stat which everyone seems to be missing is that Kohli is also fastest in terms of time taken (10 y 67 d) to reach 10000 runs. Earlier, the underrated ODI Batsman Rahul Dravid who was the fastest to reach there (10y 317d).
These are the top records brooked by Virat Kohli
1. Fastest to 4,000 runs in India in ODIs
2. Fastest to 10,000 runs in ODIs
3. Most 100 vs WI in ODIs
4. Most Runs vs WI in ODIs
5. Fewest innings to 1000 runs in a year in ODIs
6. Highest average while completing 10,000 runs in ODIs
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