The Indian skipper Virat Kohli, is regarded as the modern legend of this game. Overall these years, he has wonderfully created his space in the cricket world, so much so, that has not let the Indian fans feel the void that was left by Sachin Tendulkar after he hanged his boots.
Virat Kohli has become more like a backbone for team India. After Sachin Tendulkar bid adieu to the game, Kohli took all the responsibility on his shoulder and has continued to take the legacy of the Master Blaster to new heights. Virat Kohli has been doing exceptionally well in all the three formats of the game. He has been on the spree of breaking records and making new ones.
Here, in this article, we bring you a list of three records of Sachin Tendulkar that Virat Kohli could break in 2020. Have a look:
1. Fastest to score 12,000 runs:
Besides Sachin Tendulkar, there have been four more cricketers to have achieved this feat. However, Sachin Tendulkar became the fastest cricketer to have scored 12,000 runs in the ODI format of the game. Sachin achieved this feat in the ODI format of the game in 300 innings, while on the other hand, it took more than 300 innings to the rest of the four cricketers to score 12,000 ODI runs.
Now, the Indian skipper Virat Kohli is all set to break the records and top this list. Virat will achieve this feat in fewer games than Tendulkar.
So far, he has scored 11,609 runs in 233 innings at an average of 59.84 and is only 391 runs away from 12,000 runs.
2. Most ODI runs at home:
Sachin Tendulkar is once again leading a list at the top as he scored 20 ODI hundreds on Indian soil. Virat Kohli is all set to break this record of the Master Blaster as he needs only a couple of centuries to break this record.
Out of the 43 centuries that Virat Kohli smashed in the ODI format of the game, 19 centuries have come at home.
3. Most ODI centuries:
Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for scoring most number of ODI centuries with 49 centuries. While on the other hand, the Indian skipper Virat Kohli has 43 ODI centuries to his name in 242 ODIs he has played so far.
Sachin Tendulkar achieved this feat in 463 ODI matches, while Virat Kohli has only played 50% of the games that his idol played but has all the chances of breaking the record of Sachin Tendulkar in 2020.
