In a major achievement, India's renowned cricketer Virat Kohli on Monday became the fastest batter to score 27,000 international runs during day four of the second Test against Bangladesh at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur.
He surpassed Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 27,000 runs in 623 innings. Kohli has currently played 594 innings in international cricket.
The other players who have crossed the 27,000-run mark include former Australian captain Ricky Ponting and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara.
594 innings – Virat Kohli
623 innings – Sachin Tendulkar
648 innings – Kumar Sangakkara
650 innings – Ricky Ponting
Before the start of the match, Kohli had scored 8,871 Test runs in 114 matches at an average of 48.74. In ODIs he has scored 13,906 runs in 295 matches at 58.18. The batter also has 4,188 runs from 125 T20Is at 48.69.
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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