As soon as Virat Kohli scored 35 runs in the first innings of the Kanpur Test, he set a record in his name that other players could not even dream of. Virat Kohli completed his 27 thousand runs in international cricket as soon as he reached the figure of 35 runs in the Kanpur Test. He is the fourth player in the world to achieve this feat. But the world record of fastest 27 thousand international runs is now in the name of Virat Kohli. He beat Sachin Tendulkar to hold this record. Not only this, great players like Ponting and Sangakkara also fell behind.
Fastest 27 thousand runs in international cricket
The record of fastest 27 thousand runs in international cricket is now in the name of Virat. He achieved this feat in 594th innings. Sachin Tendulkar touched the figure of 27 thousand runs in 623 innings. While Kumar Sangakkara played 648 and Ricky Ponting 650 innings for this figure. Sachin-Sangkara and Ponting have combined to score 234 international centuries, but still, Virat is now ahead of these three greats in terms of scoring runs at the fastest pace.
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