Virat Kohli Becomes The Fastest Batsman To Reach 23K Runs

On Thursday, Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to reach 23000 runs across all formats in international cricket. With this milestone, Kohli overtakes Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting’s records.

It was in his 490th inning during the first session on Day 1 of the ongoing fourth Test match against England at The Oval that Kohli reached the landmark in his. Now Tendulkar stands at second position in the quickest batsmen to reach 23000 runs list. The list continues with Ricky Ponting (544), Jacques Kallis (551), Kumar Sangakkara (568), Rahul Dravid (576) and Mahela Jayawardena (645).

In fact, there are only seven cricketers in history who could cross the 23000-run mark. In addition, Kohli is also seventh in the list of top scorers across all formats in international cricket. The list has Tendulkar at the top of the list with 34357 runs in 664 matches. Sangakkara is second on the list with 28016 runs followed by Ponting.

Kohli-led IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore took to Twitter to congratulate their skipper. “Virat Kohli becomes the fastest batsman to reach the run mark in Intl. cricket. #PlayBold #TeamIndia — Royal Challengers Bangalore”.