India captain Virat Kohli has become the fastest batsman ever to score 10,000 ODI runs.
Kohli reached the milestone in the second ODI against West Indies at Visakhapatnam, with MS Dhoni alongside him at the crease, taking 89 balls to knock off the 81 runs he needed to hit 10,000.
It came in his 205th one-day international innings to be an incredible 54 innings faster to the mark than the previous record holder, Sachin Tendulkar.
It nearly didn’t happen, with Kohli dropped on 44 by Jason Holder in the deep, after he was deceived by a slower ball from the Windies debutant Obed McCoy.
Kohli knocked India’s legend Sachin Tendulkar off the perch as the previous fastest to 10,000 ODI runs with the Little Master having achieved the mark in 259 knocks.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
🚨🚨 Reigning Supremacy 👑 becomes the FASTEST BATSMAN to score 10000 ODI runs.
👏🔥🔥🔥
— BCCI (@BCCI)
King Kohli 👑
— BCCI (@BCCI)
The intensity and consistency with which you bat is just amazing. , congratulations on achieving 10,000 runs in ODIs. Keep the runs flowing.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Software update all the time. Virat Kohli has redefined what consistency means. Got his 9000th odi run just 11 innings ago and got his 10000 th today, to go with his 37th century. Enjoy the phenomena
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
And the insanity continues with an undying intensity. Congratulations on 10,000 ODI runs and 37th century. The hunger, consistency and intensity is simply incredible
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
विराट सम्राट 🙏🙌
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Fastest 10k the one and only . Many many congratulation Bhai jan 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19)
Congratulations to to achieve milestone of 10000 runs in ODI cricket 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 , Great player & Humble human 👍🏼 , u entertaining all fans of cricket with ur Skills , Passion & determination , stay blessed
— Mohammad Hafeez (@MHafeez22)
Well done on becoming he fastest man to 10,000 runs 👏🏽👏🏽What is next on your list to ✅ off?
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93)
1⃣0⃣,0⃣0⃣0⃣ ODI runs and in no time!! Congratulations on the record 💪
— Jasprit Bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93)
What a champion proud of you my boy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🏏
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
is chalking up milestones with a regularity as if it was an everyday affair. 10000 ODI runs already and he is perhaps just at the halfway mark of his career. Remarkable!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Congratulations on becoming the fastest to 10000 ODI runs. What a player !
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Congratulations what an achievement in only 205 innings 👏👏👏
— Azhar Ali (@AzharAli_)
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Exactly why he is the 🐐!!
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Fastest 10k odi runs.Legendary stuff from 👏👏👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Take a bow Virat! Congratulations !@imVkohli
— Wriddhiman Saha (@Wriddhipops)
Congratulations .. We fall short of adjectives each time we watch you bat !! 10K runs in 205 innings is a monumental achievement !! Insane numbers. Even the History books are standing in ovation to laud this feat!!
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani)
Meanwhile, India’s Virat Kohli completes 10,000 runs in ODIs, becomes fastest to reach this milestone. Well done.
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani)
Virat Kohli enters the 10,000-run club with a new record :
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
With that, King Kohli becomes the fastest to score 🔟,0⃣0⃣0⃣ ODI runs! 😎
Whatta player! 🙌— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
Fastest to 1⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ ODI runs! 🎉
You know you're building a huge legacy when you beat The God's record by 54 innings. 🙌
🎩s off to !
— Sony Sports Network (@SonySportsNetwk)
Fastest to 8000 ODI runs. (175 innings)
Fastest to 9000 ODI runs. (194 innings)
And now, the fastest ever to 10,000 ODI runs. (205 innings)'s consistency is just unbelievable! 🐐— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets)
Fastest to 10,000 ODI runs..
By inns – KOHLI (205)
By mats – KOHLI (213)
By balls – KOHLI (10813)
By time – KOHLI (10yrs, 67d from debut)He also has highest average and most centuries when completing 10,000 runs.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
10,000-club in ODIs:
Tendulkar (2001)
Inzamam (2004)
Ganguly (2005)
Jayasuriya (2005)
Lara (2006)
Dravid (2007)
Ponting (2007)
Kallis (2009)
Jayawardene (2011)
Sangakkara (2012)
Dilshan (2015)
Dhoni (2018)
Kohli (2018)— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Innings taken for Virat Kohli to get to each milestone:
1,000 – 24
2,000 – 53
3,000 – 75
4,000 – 93
5,000 – 114
6,000 – 136
7,000 – 161
8,000 – 175
9,000 – 194
10,000 – 205— bet365 (@bet365)
