Virat Kohli created another new masterpiece, leaving Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting behind too: During the Delhi Test match against Australia, legendary batsman and former India captain Virat Kohli made a significant accomplishment. By scoring 25,000 runs in international cricket, he made history. Kohli scored 20 runs in the second innings of the second Test against Australia after scoring 44 runs in the first. He has now amassed 25,000 runs in cricket at the fastest rate ever.
Let us tell you that Kohli has not only broken the mark of scoring 25,000 runs, but he has also left behind great batsman Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting in this list, Sachin took a total of 577 innings to score 25,000 runs. Ponting had scored 25,000 runs in 588 innings. While Virat Kohli has achieved this feat in only 549 innings.
Kohliβs performance in International cricket
Format | Match | Inning | Runs | Century |
Test | 106 | 180 | 8195 | 27 |
ODI | 271 | 262 | 12809 | 46 |
T-20 | 115 | 107 | 4008 | 01 |
Total | 492 | 549 | 25012 | 74 |
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