Virat Kohli breaks Tendulkar and Lara Record, Fastest to 20,000 Run
World number-1 batsman (Test + ODI) Virat Kohli is filling up the treasure of his achievements. 30-year-old Virat has continued to make records consistently. When he scored 37 runs in 72 against the West Indies in the World Cup against the West Indies, he outclassed two veterans.
In fact, after making 37 runs against the Caribbean side in Manchester on Thursday, he made the world record of completing the fastest 20,000 international runs (Test + ODI + T-20 International). Virat did this feat in 417 innings.
Earlier, the record for the completion of 20,000 international runs in the shortest innings was recorded by Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar and West Indian legend Brian Lara, who jointly achieved this feat in 453 innings.
In the shortest innings 20 thousand international runs
417 innings: Virat Kohli
453 innings: Sachin Tendulkar / Brian Lara
464 innings: Ricky Ponting
483 innings: AB de Villiers
491 innings: Jacques Kallis
492 innings: Rahul Dravid
Virat Kohli is the world’s 12th and third Indian batsman to figure 20,000 runs in International Cricket Among the Indian batsmen who have more international runs than Virat, Sachin Tendulkar (34,357) and Rahul Dravid (24,208) are the only remaining left-handers. Even before
The fastest 19,000 runs,
Virat scored 19,000 runs in the lowest innings, leaving Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar behind. Sachin scored 432 and Lara in so many 433 innings. (Virat completed 19 thousand runs in 399 innings.
The fastest 18,000 runs are also interesting that leaving behind Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli has completed the fastest 18,000 runs in International Cricket. Lara scored 411 and Sachin scored so many runs in 412 innings. (Virat had completed 18 thousand runs in 382 innings.)