Virat Kohli created history in Test against Australia, became the fastest player to score 25000 runs
India’s run machine Virat Kohli has again come into the limelight after setting a new record in the Test match against Australia. In this Test match, Virat Kohli achieved a historic feat and set the record of becoming the fastest to 25,000 runs in international cricket.
Virat Kohli did this feat on the third day of the second match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy played in New Delhi. With this, Virat Kohli defeated Sachin Tendulkar, who is called the God of Cricket. Virat Kohli completed 25 thousand runs in 549 innings while Sachin had to play 577 innings to achieve this feat. Virat Kohli has become the sixth player in the world and the second Indian to score 25,000 runs.
According to statistics, Virat Kohli has faced 31313 balls in international cricket so far and has achieved the feat of scoring 25 thousand runs. Not only this, Virat Kohli is the first player in the world to achieve this feat with an average of 50+.
Highest run scorer in international cricket
1. Sachin Tendulkar (India) (577 innings) – 34357 runs
2. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) (608 innings) – 28016 runs
3. Ricky Ponting (Australia) (588 innings) – 27483 runs
4. Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) (701 innings) – 25957 runs
5. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) (594 innings) – 25534 runs
6. Virat Kohli (India) (549 innings) – 25000+ runs
Achievement achieved with victory against Australia
Where Virat Kohli achieved a great achievement, the Indian team defeated Australia and won the second Test match as well. Chasing the target in this match, Rohit Sharma took an aggressive approach and played an inning of 31 runs in 20 balls before being run out due to a mistake with Pujara. After this, Virat Kohli, who came to the crease, made another record in his name. He became the second Indian player after Sachin Tendulkar (34357 runs) to complete 25,000 runs in international cricket. Earlier this record was in the name of Tendulkar who completed 25,000 runs in 577 innings.
