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Kohli is the fastest amongst all to have achieved this milestone when you take into consideration the amount of innings played.
Indian skipper, Virat Kohli joins the four-man club of cricketers who have scored more than 2000 runs in twenty20 cricket. This prestigious club includes the likes of Kiwi legends Brendon Mccullum, opener Martin Guptill and Pakistani batsman Shoaib Malik. Out of the three, Shoaib Malik was the most recent to get over the line on July 1st during the Zimbabwe series at Harare.
Virat achieved this milestone when India beat England by 8 wickets in the first match of the 3 match T20 series at Old Trafford in Manchester. He scored 20 runs of 22 balls. He now stands at 2012 runs having played 60 matches. Martin Guptill sits at the top with 2271 runs in 75 matches, while retired Brendon Mccullum has made 2140 runs in 71 matches. Pakistani Veteran, Shoaib Malik has made 2039 runs in 100 matches.
Kohli is the fastest amongst all to have achieved this milestone when you take into consideration the amount of innings played. While, Brendon Mccullum has achieved this mark in 66 innings, Virat has got it in 56, 10 less than Mccullum. He also averages 50, which is far more than others in this exclusive club.
Earlier, he also became the fastest batsman to reach 17,000 runs in International cricket in the tour of South Africa, beating the record previously held by Hashim Amla. He was also the fastest to achieve the 15,000 and 16,000 run mark in International cricket. He also has the record of the second most hundreds in ODI cricket after the legend, Sachin Tendulkar.
The rate at which Virat is making runs is frightening. Year after year we see new records being broken by this man. By this pace, he might just break all of them in 4-5 years time and write his name in World Cricket history.
Indian skipper, Virat Kohli joins the four-man club of cricketers who have scored more than 2000 runs in twenty20 cricket. This prestigious club includes the likes of Kiwi legends Brendon Mccullum, opener Martin Guptill and Pakistani batsman Shoaib Malik. Out of the three, Shoaib Malik was the most recent to get over the line on July 1st during the Zimbabwe series at Harare.
Virat achieved this milestone when India beat England by 8 wickets in the first match of the 3 match T20 series at Old Trafford in Manchester. He scored 20 runs of 22 balls. He now stands at 2012 runs having played 60 matches. Martin Guptill sits at the top with 2271 runs in 75 matches, while retired Brendon Mccullum has made 2140 runs in 71 matches. Pakistani Veteran, Shoaib Malik has made 2039 runs in 100 matches.
Kohli is the fastest amongst all to have achieved this milestone when you take into consideration the amount of innings played. While, Brendon Mccullum has achieved this mark in 66 innings, Virat has got it in 56, 10 less than Mccullum. He also averages 50, which is far more than others in this exclusive club.
Earlier, he also became the fastest batsman to reach 17,000 runs in International cricket in the tour of South Africa, beating the record previously held by Hashim Amla. He was also the fastest to achieve the 15,000 and 16,000 run mark in International cricket. He also has the record of the second most hundreds in ODI cricket after the legend, Sachin Tendulkar.
The rate at which Virat is making runs is frightening. Year after year we see new records being broken by this man. By this pace, he might just break all of them in 4-5 years time and write his name in World Cricket history.
(Story: Raunaq Dash, Edit: Sriram Singh Rattan)
