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Virat Kohli becomes fastest player to score 27000 international runs, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record

FirstCricket Staff • September 30, 2024, 16:33:01 IST
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Virat Kohli surpassed his idol Sachin Tendulkar to set the world record for being the fastest to 27000 international runs. Tendulkar got to the feat in 623 innings, while Kohli managed to do so in just 594 innings.

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Virat Kohli becomes fastest player to score 27000 international runs, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record
Virat Kohli added yet another batting world record to his achievement list. Image: AP

More records were broken by India or India batters as they continued their rapid batting against Bangladesh on Day 4 of the second Test. After Ravindra Jadeja became the second-fastest to 3000 runs and 3000 Test wickets and India set the record for fastest team fifty, hundred, and double hundred in the longest format of the game, Virat Kohli became the fastest player to reach 27,000 international runs.

Kohli surpassed his idol Sachin Tendulkar to set the world record for being the fastest to 27000 international runs. Tendulkar got to the feat in 623 innings, while Kohli managed to do so in just 594 innings.

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Kohli overall is the fourth batter to score more than 27000 international runs after Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, and Kumar Sangakkara.

Fastest to 27000 international runs (innings wise)

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594 innings – Virat Kohli

623 innings – Sachin Tendulkar

648 innings – Kumar Sangakkara

650 innings – Ricky Ponting

Most runs in international cricket

34,357 runs - Sachin Tendulkar (782 innings)

28,016 runs - Kumar Sangakkara (666 innings)

27,483 runs - Ricky Ponting (668 innings)

27,012 runs* - Virat Kohli in (594 innings)

25,957 runs - Mahela Jayawardene (725 innings)

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