Virat Kohli Smashes Sachin Tendulkar’s Record for Fastest to 10,000 ODI Runs

Virat Kohli has become the fastest batsman, both in terms of career-span and batting innings, to join the elite 10,000 runs club in ODI cricket today, i.e. Wednesday, 24th October against West Indies in Vizag.
Kohli reached the magic number – 81 in 91 deliveries and went on to score his 37th hundred finishing at 157 not out.

Kohli has been Bradmanesque in ODI cricket in the last few years. His numbers and achievements are mind-boggling. Here are some statistical milestones he has created in his 10 years in ODI cricket.

– Kohli reached the 10,000-Club in just his 205th ODI innings becoming the fastest batsman (in terms of batting innings) to do so. Tendulkar took 259, Ganguly 263 and Ponting 266.

– Kohli reached the 10,000-Club in 10 years and 67 Days from his ODI debut. This is the shortest time taken – in terms of Career Span – by any batsman to reach the milestone.

– Rahul Dravid was the fastest in terms of Career Span (10 years, 317 Days) till today.

– Kohli’s strike rate of 92.51 is also the highest amongst all batsmen in the 10,000-Club.

– At 29 years, 353 days, Kohli becomes the second-youngest batsman (in terms of age) after Sachin Tendulkar (27 years, 342 days) in ODI cricket history to aggregate 10,000 runs. Ponting reached the milestone at 32 years, 95 days, Ganguly at 33 years, 25 days and Kallis at 33 years, 99 days.

Kohli is also the second batsman (after Tendulkar) to reach the milestone before turning 30.
– Kohli has made it to the 10,000 club in 205 innings. Clearly, Kohli’s domination has been unprecedented. And the fact that gives him the edge is that he has at least 6-7 years of cricket left in him, the sky is the limit for Kohli. Or maybe even that is not!

With inputs from agencies.