Virat Kohli has made a brilliant start in the first ODI between India and New Zealand. He achieved a major milestone as soon as he scored 25 runs. He has now become the third batsman in the world to score 28,000 runs in international cricket. Furthermore, he has achieved this record in the fewest innings.
Latest world record by Virat Kohli
This means that Virat Kohli is the fastest batsman to reach 28,000 international runs. Virat Kohli has broken Sachin Tendulkar’s record of being the fastest to reach 28,000 runs. Sachin Tendulkar took 644 international innings to reach 28,000 runs, while Kohli achieved this feat in just 624 innings. Only three batsmen have surpassed 28,000 runs in international cricket, joining Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara in this list. He completed 28,000 runs by hitting a four. Kohli needed 25 runs to reach this figure. Kohli became the third cricketer in the world to achieve this feat in international cricket.
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Before this, Sachin Tendulkar and Sri Lanka’s legendary wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara have achieved this feat. Virat Kohli achieved this record in the Vadodara ODI against New Zealand. He reached 28,000 international runs in his 624th innings, making him the batsman to reach this milestone in the fewest innings in international cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar reached his 28,000 runs in 644 innings, while Kumar Sangakkara reached 28,000 runs in 666 innings. Before the first ODI of the series against New Zealand, Virat Kohli had scored 27,975 runs in 623 innings of 556 international matches at an average of 52.58. During this period, he also scored 84 centuries and 145 half-centuries. Virat Kohli has been dismissed for a duck 40 times in international cricket so far.
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Kohli amassed 9,230 runs in 123 Test matches and 4,188 runs in 125 T20 International matches. He is surpassed only by Sachin Tendulkar in the list of highest run-scorers in international cricket. With just 42 runs, he surpassed Sangakkara’s record of 28,016 runs, becoming the second-highest run-scorer in international cricket.