World Cup 2019: Kohli breaks Sachin's record ⁠— fastest batsman to 20K international runs

Kohli reached this feat in 416 innings while Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara reached the milestone in 453 innings

Indian skipper Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 20,000 international runs while batting against the West Indies at the Old Trafford on Thursday. Before this clash, he had 19, 963 runs to his name and was just 37 runs short of the record. Kohli has now surpassed legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar and West Indies great Brian Lara as he reached this feat in 416 innings (131 in Tests, 223 in ODIs and 62 in T20Is). Tendulkar and Lara, both had reached the milestone in 453 innings, followed by former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting who scored 20,000 runs in 468 innings. He also became the 12th batsman to this landmark and the third Indian after Tendulkar (34,357 runs) and Rahul Dravid (24,208 runs). The 30-year-old run-machine has been in great form in the ongoing tournament. After getting out cheaply against South Africa in the tournament opener, the Indian skipper scored 82 runs against Australia, 77 against Pakistan and 67 against Afghanistan. Interestingly, during the innings against Pakistan at Old Trafford on June 16, Kohli also became the fastest batsman to score 11,000 ODI runs.