Indian batsman Virat Kohli on Monday (September 30, 2024) grew to become solely the fourth participant in historical past to finish 27,000 runs in worldwide cricket throughout codecs, a feat that he achieved on the fourth day of the continuing second Take a look at towards Bangladesh right here.
Kohli made a brisk 47 off 35 balls with 4 fours and a six as he helped India push on additional in an aggressive mode to make up for the misplaced time within the Take a look at as a consequence of incessant rains.
He’s solely the second Indian cricketer to have breached the 27,000-run mark and stands fourth within the checklist for many worldwide runs throughout codecs, which is headed by Sachin Tendulkar with 34,357 runs.
In between the 2 Indian batting greats are Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara with 28,016 runs on the second spot and Australia’s Ricky Ponting on the third, with 27,483 runs.
Kohli, who has somewhat over 8,870 runs in Assessments, has 13,906 runs in 295 ODIs and one other 4,188 runs in 125 T20Is — a format from which he retired after serving to India win the T20 World Cup in June this 12 months.
BCCI secretary Jay Shah wrote on X, “One other towering milestone within the illustrious profession of Virat Kohli as he crosses 27,000 worldwide runs! Your ardour, consistency, and starvation to excel are inspiring to the cricketing world. Congratulations @imVkohli, the journey continues to encourage hundreds of thousands!”
In his 24-year-old profession for India, Tendulkar scored 15,921 runs in 200 Assessments, which is probably the most for any batter. In 463 ODIs, the Little Grasp made 18,426 runs whereas he scored 10 in the one T20I that he ever performed.
Revealed – September 30, 2024 04:59 pm IST