Kohli becomes fastest to score 5,000 runs in ODIs
23 Nov 2013 4:32 AM IST
India’s batting mainstay Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 5000 runs in one-day internationals when he scored 86 against West Indies in the first ODI in Kochi on Thursday.
Kohli achieved the feat in just 120 matches and 114 innings. He has so far amassed 5005 runs, which included 17 centuries and 27 fifties in his short career.
In terms of innings, Kohli has equalled the record of Sir Viv Richards of West Indies, who also achieved the feat in 114 innings way back in 1987 but it was Viv’s 126th match. Before Kohli, Sourav Ganguly was the fastest to achieve the feat among Indian batsmen in 131 matches and 126 innings.
Kohli achieved the feat in just 120 matches and 114 innings. He has so far amassed 5005 runs, which included 17 centuries and 27 fifties in his short career.
In terms of innings, Kohli has equalled the record of Sir Viv Richards of West Indies, who also achieved the feat in 114 innings way back in 1987 but it was Viv’s 126th match. Before Kohli, Sourav Ganguly was the fastest to achieve the feat among Indian batsmen in 131 matches and 126 innings.
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