Virat Kohli eclipsed 'Master Blaster' Sachin Tendulkar's record for being the fastest batsmen to scale the 12,000-run milestone in one day internationals. The prolific run scorer got over 12,000 runs in just his 251st ODI (242 innings). Sachin had taken 309 matches (300 innings) to get to the tectonic landmark.
Having aggregated 110 runs in the first 2 ODIs, in-form Virat Kohli got to the herculean milestone when reached 23 en-route yet another fifty in ODIs. Kohli brought up his 60th ODI half ton in his 251st ODI innings.
Kohli Becomes Sixth Cricketer To Scale The 120,00-Run Milestone In ODI Cricket
Kohli who became only the sixth cricketer to score 12,000 runs in ODIs joined an elite list of batting greats in the white ball format to have achieved the milestone. Before Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Sanath Jayasuriya and Ricky Ponting registered the lofty landmark in one day internationals.
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Hailed as one of the greatest ODI batsman, Kohli is the proud owner of numerous batting records in the 50-ver format. A few days back, The 'Chase Master' became the fastest to scale 22000 runs in international cricket.
Second Highest Run Scorer And Ton Maker For India In ODIs
Kohli is the second highest run getter (12040) for India in one day internationals behind the legendary Sachin Tendulkar (18426 ODI runs). He is also second behind Sachin (49) on the list of all time ton makers in ODIs with 43 tons.
If Kohli goes on to score a ton against the Aussies in the 3rd ODI, the 32-year-old batting lynchpin would equal Sachin’s record of most hundreds by an Indian (9) against Australia.
Fastest To 12,000 ODI runs in ODI cricket
Virat Kohli - 251 matches, 242 innings*
Sachin Tendukar - 309 matches, 300 innings
Ricky Ponting - 323 matches, 314 innings
Kumar Sangakkara - 359 matches, 336 innings
Sanath Jayasuriya - 390 matches, 379 innings