Virat Kohli smashed yet another hundred in the 6th ODI series against South Africa. Kohli hit his 35th ODI ton as India chased down a modest total posted by the hosts. Once again it was a chase and once again the chase came to an end with a brilliant ODI century.
Virat Kohli is only 14 centuries behind Sachin Tendulkar who holds the record for the maximum centuries in One Day Internationals. We can very soon see Virat having this record too to his name.
YET ANOTHER BIG MILESTONE FOR VIRAT KOHLI
Going past Sachin’s tally of most ODI hundreds would come when it has to but as of now Kohli has achieved another great milestone. Virat Kohli is now the fastest batsman to reach 17000 international runs. Virat Kohli went past Hashim Amla to be the fastest batsman to reach 17000 international runs.
Virat Kohli now has 9588 runs in ODIs from 208 matches and has piled up 5554 runs from 66 matches. As for the T20 Internationals, Virat Kohli has 1956 runs from 55 matches.
Virat Kohli is going strength to strength with each game and each inning. He has made batting look so simple has redefined consistency, performance, and fitness.
Here are the batsmen who were the fastest to reach 17000 international runs
- Virat Kohli: 363 innings
- Hashim Amla: 381 innings
- Brain Lara: 389 innings
- Sachin Tendulkar: 394 innings
- Ricky Ponting: 402 innings
While Hashim Amla took 381 innings, Brain Lara and Sachin Tendulkar took 389 innings and 394 innings, Virat Kohli did that in just 363 innings. This speaks for his consistency and his class. He is surely headed to smash every possible batting record and we take ample pride in his performance which has left the world in awe of him.
