Kohli breaks Tendulkar’s record as fastest to 10,000 ODI runs

Sports Desk: Virat Kohli has broken Sachin Tendulkar’s record as the fastest batsman to score 10,000 one-day international runs.

The India captain went past the 81 he needed, eventually scoring 157 not out, against West Indies to go to 10,000 ODI runs in 205 innings, beating Tendulkar who reached the mark in 259 innings. Kohli has become the fifth Indian to reach the mark in ODIs.

Kohli has made a habit of breaking Tendulkar’s records recently. His century against West Indies in the first ODI on Sunday was his 60th international hundred (36 in ODIs and 24 in Tests) and the 386 innings it took him meant he was the fastest to reach that landmark, taking 40 fewer than the previous record-holder Tendulkar.

Kohli also broke Tendulkar’s record to become the fastest Indian player to 24 Test centuries with his hundred against West Indies in the first Test in Rajkot at the start of October.

The India captain has dominated with the bat in ODIs in recent years. In 2014, he scored 1054 runs from 21 matches at an average of 58.56. In 2015, his form dipped as he scored 623 at an average of 36.65. In 2016, he smashed 739 runs from 10 games and in 2017 smashed 1460 runs from 26 matches.

Source: The Guardian


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