Indian cricket team's star batsman Virat Kohli achieved another big achievement in ODI cricket on Sunday. Kohli completed 15 thousand runs of his ODI career after completing 59 runs in the first ODI against West Indies. With this, he became only the second batsman in the world to reach this figure in men's ODI cricket. Before him, great batsman Sachin Tendulkar had achieved this feat.
Before this match, Virat Kohli had scored 14,941 runs in 314 ODI matches. He needed 59 runs to complete 15 thousand runs. He achieved this figure in his 315th ODI match and became the batsman to complete 15 thousand ODI runs in the fewest innings/matches. During this innings, Kohli also completed his 55th ODI century.
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Became the second batsman after Sachin Tendulkar
With completing 15 thousand ODI runs, Virat Kohli made a place in Sachin Tendulkar's special club. Sachin has scored 18,426 runs in his ODI career and he is the highest run-scorer in this format. Kohli is now at second place in this list. He has more than 15 thousand runs in his name and after Sachin's record, he is the batsman who has scored the most runs in ODI cricket.
Kohli equaled Sachin in terms of centuries
Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli are jointly at the first position in terms of scoring most centuries in List-A cricket. Both have 60-60 centuries in their names. Sachin scored these 60 centuries in 538 innings, whereas Virat Kohli touched this figure in just 338 innings. Graham Gooch is at second place in this list with 44 centuries. He has played 601 innings. At the same time, Graeme Hick has 40 centuries in his name and is at third place, while Kumar Sangakkara is at fourth place with 39 centuries.
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Let us tell you that after this match, Virat Kohli has scored 15,080 runs in 315 ODI matches at an average of 59.13. During this period, he has 79 half-centuries and 55 centuries to his name. He has hit 1,399 fours and 180 sixes in ODIs so far. His strike rate in this format has been 94.30.