King Kohli broke another record of Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday. He surpassed Sachin to become the fastest batsman in the world to score 28,000 international runs. The 37-year-old Kohli reached this milestone on the occasion of the first ODI between India and New Zealand. Sachin crossed the 28,000-run mark in 644 innings, while Kohli achieved it in just 624 innings. He also surpassed former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara to become the second highest run-scorer in the world, behind only Sachin. Kohli began his batting on Sunday, just 42 runs behind Sangakkara’s 28,016 career runs. He successfully surpassed Sangakkara in the 19th over of India’s chase. Sachin’s total of 34,357 runs is far ahead of everyone else. Not only this, Kohli also has the opportunity to touch 15,000 ODI runs in the ongoing series against New Zealand.
Highest run scorers in international cricket (top 6) players
Sachin Tendulkar India 34,357
Virat Kohli India 28,017*
Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 28,016
Ricky Ponting Australia 27,483
Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 25,957
Jacques Kallis South Africa 25,534
Fastest to 28,000 runs
Virat Kohli India 624
Sachin Tendulkar 644
Kumar Sangakkara 666
