This is yet another feather in his cap, as the India batting maestro Virat Kohli became on Monday the fastest player to score 27,000 international runs during day four of the second Test against Bangladesh at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur.
He went past the 27,000-run mark which Sachin Tendulkar had scored in 623 innings. Kohli has played so far 594 innings in international cricket. The others over the 27,000-run mark are the former Australian captain Ricky Ponting and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara.
Fastest to score 27,000 runs
- 594 innings – Virat Kohli
- 623 innings – Sachin Tendulkar
- 648 innings – Kumar Sangakkara
- 650 innings – Ricky Ponting
Before the start of the match, Kohli had scored 8,871 Test runs in 114 matches at an average of 48.74. In ODIs he has scored 13,906 runs in 295 matches at 58.18. The batter also has 4,188 runs from 125 T20Is at 48.69.
Most runs in international cricket
- 34,357 runs – Sachin Tendulkar (782 innings)
- 28,016 runs – Kumar Sangakkara (666 innings)
- 27,483 runs – Ricky Ponting (668 innings)
- 27,012 runs – Virat Kohli in (594 innings)
- 25,957 runs – Mahela Jayawardene (725 innings)
