Virat Kohli pips Sachin Tendulkar to turn fastest to 10,000 ODI runs

Virat Kohli reached a miracle in his 205th ODI innings, 54 innings quicker than Sachin Tendulkar. The 29-year-old is a fifth Indian batsman and 13th altogether to grasp a landmark

Virat Kohli pips Sachin Tendulkar to turn fastest to 10,000 ODI runs

India skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday surpassed batting conductor Sachin Tendulkar to turn a fastest batsman to assemble 10,000 runs in One-day Internationals (ODI). Kohli reached a miracle in his 205th ODI innings, 54 innings quicker than Tendulkar. The 29-year-old is a fifth Indian batsman and 13th altogether to grasp a landmark.

Besides Kohli and Tendulkar (18,426), a other Indian batters to grasp a attainment are former skippers Sourav Ganguly (11,363), Rahul Dravid (10,889) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who reached a miracle not really prolonged ago.

The rest are one actor any from Pakistan, Australia, a West Indies, and South Africa. Bangladesh, England, New Zealand and Zimbabwe are nonetheless to have a actor strech a 10,000-run symbol in this format.

Coming into a compare opposite a West Indies in a second One-day International during a Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium during Vishakapatnam on Wednesday, 81 runs bashful of a 10,000-run mark, Kohli got to a landmark in style, before racing to his sixth century of 2018 in a small 106 balls. With a knock, Kohli also finished 1000 ODI runs in a calendar year.

Immediately after outstanding a century, a Delhi batsman altered gears by depositing debutant Obed McCoy for dual large sixes before dispatching Kemar Roach for a 6 and dual boundaries, to single-handedly take India past a 300-run mark. Kohli, eventually finished on an dominant 157 off 129 deliveries, laced with 13 fours and 4 sixes.

Riding high on Virat Kohli’s century and a shining half-century from new No.4 Ambati Rayudu, India posted a towering 321/6. 

Brief Scores: India 321/6 (Virat Kohli 157 not out, Ambati Rayudu 73, Shikhar Dhawan 29; Ashley Nurse 2/46, Obed McCoy 2/71) vs West Indies.

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