Virat Kohli has completed 28,000 runs in international cricket. He is only the third batsman in the world to achieve this milestone. He created history by scoring 25 runs in the first ODI match between India vs New Zealand played in Vadodara. He has left behind Sachin Tendulkar in terms of scoring the fastest 28 thousand international runs.
Virat Kohli made world record
Till now, the record of scoring the fastest 28 thousand runs in international cricket was in the name of Sachin Tendulkar, who had done so in 644 innings. Whereas Virat Kohli has achieved this milestone in the 624th inning of his career. Virat has touched this historic figure in 20 less innings than Tendulkar. Apart from Virat and Sachin, Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka is the third batsman who has scored more than 28 thousand runs in international cricket.
fastest 28000 runs
- 624 innings – Virat Kohli
- 644 innings – Sachin Tendulkar
- 666 innings – Kumar Sangakkara
Most runs in international cricket
Virat Kohli has come second in terms of scoring most runs in international cricket. Kumar Sangakkara had scored a total of 28,016 runs in international cricket. Virat Kohli had to score 41 more runs to overtake him. The highest number of runs in international cricket is in the name of Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 34,357 runs in his historic career.
- 34,357 runs – Sachin Tendulkar
- 28,017+ runs – Virat Kohli
- 28,016 runs – Kumar Sangakkara
Virat Kohli has retired from Test and T20 cricket. He scored 9230 runs in his career of 123 Test matches, on the other hand, he scored 4188 runs in 125 T20 matches. He has scored more than 14,600 runs in ODI cricket. He has already made the record of being the second highest run scoring batsman in the history of ODI cricket.
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