IND vs NZ: Virat Kohli’s ‘Virat’ world record, fastest to complete 28 thousand runs in international cricket

Virat Kohli Fastest 28 Thousand International Runs World Record IND vs NZ: Indian cricket team’s star batsman Virat Kohli once again proved that he is not called “Record Breaker King” for nothing. As soon as Virat scored 25 runs in the first ODI against New Zealand, he completed 28,000 runs in international cricket. With this, Virat became the fastest batsman in the world to achieve this feat.

28,000 runs in 624 innings, world record

Virat Kohli completed 28,000 international runs in just 624 innings. Earlier this record was in the name of the great Sachin Tendulkar, who had achieved this position in 644 innings. By breaking this record, Virat has created his own identity in cricket history.

Virat’s class was visible in the innings

In this match, Virat Kohli completed his half-century in 44 balls. He played a brilliant inning of 93 runs in 91 balls, which included 8 fours and 1 six. This inning of his became the foundation of the strong position of Team India and the fans once again got a glimpse of the old Virat.

Virat’s dominance in ODI cricket also

Virat Kohli has so far scored 14,650 runs in 309 ODI matches. During this period he has scored 53 centuries and 77 half-centuries. His average and consistency in ODI cricket make him one of the great batsmen of this format.

Sachin and Sangakkara’s record broken

Till now, only two greats had scored more than 28,000 runs in international cricket – Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara. Sachin had scored a total of 34,357 runs in 782 innings in his career. Whereas Sangakkara scored 28,016 runs in 666 innings and played his last match against India in 2015.

Second biggest run machine in international cricket

After completing 28,000 runs, as soon as Virat Kohli added 17 more runs, he left Kumar Sangakkara behind. Now Virat has reached second place after Sachin Tendulkar in the list of players who have scored the most runs in international cricket. This achievement testifies to his long, successful and sustained career.

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