Virat Kohli Becomes Fastest Player To Get To 25,000 Runs In International Cricket

Talking about the match, Ravindra Jadeja’s career-best Test figures helped India outplay Australia by six wickets and took a 2-0 lead in the four-match series on Sunday

Virat Kohli in action.

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In the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy, former India skipper Virat Kohli has scripted history by becoming the fastest player to score 25,000 runs in International cricket. He becomes only the sixth player to record this feat as he is standing behind Jacques Kallis (25534), Mahela Jayawardene (25937), Ricky Ponting (27483), Kumar Sangakkara (28016), and leader Sachin Tendulkar (34357).

In his 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣th Test, @cheteshwar1 finishes off the chase in style 🙌🏻#TeamIndia secure a 6️⃣-wicket victory in the second #INDvAUS Test here in Delhi 👏🏻👏🏻

Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/hQpFkyZGW8@mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/Ebpi7zbPD0

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 19, 2023

2️⃣5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ runs - The fastest to reach another milestone, yet again! 🤌

📸: BCCI #PlayBold #TeamIndia #INDvAUS #BGT2023 #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/EGAWZQqgiZ

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) February 19, 2023

With 1,682 runs in 36 innings, Virat Kohli is currently the seventh-highest run-scorer in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Ahead of him are Sachin Tendulkar (3,262 runs), Ricky Ponting (2,555 runs), VVS Laxman (2,434 runs), Dravid (2,143 runs), Michael Clarke (2,049 runs), and Cheteshwar Pujara (1,893 runs).

Talking about the match, Ravindra Jadeja’s career-best Test figures helped India outplay Australia by six wickets and took a 2-0 lead in the four-match series on Sunday. Jadeja scalped 7-42 as he and Ravichandran Ashwin (3-59) restricted Australia to just 113 in their second innings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Australian batters were clueless and did not find a way to tackle the Indian spinners.

2️⃣-0️⃣ ✅@cheteshwar1 with the winning runs as #TeamIndia register a 6️⃣-wicket win in Delhi 👏👏

Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/hQpFkyZGW8#INDvAUS | @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/1wrCKXPASU

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 19, 2023

Squads:

India: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (injured and yet to recover), KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav.

Australia: Pat Cummins (capt), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green (injured), Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc (injured), Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.