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Virat Kohli is the fastest batter in the world to score 28,000 runs in international cricket. The former India captain broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record by scoring his 28,000th run in international cricket for India in 624

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innings. Kohli needed 25 runs in the ongoing first India-New Zealand ODI in Vadodara to complete 28,000 runs in international cricket, and he achieved the objective in the 13th over of the 301-run chase at BCA Stadium.

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During his playing days, Tendulkar scored his 28,000th run for India in his 644th innings, whereas Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara needed 666 innings to reach the 28,000-run mark in international cricket.

Fastest to 28,000 runs in international cricket

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PLAYER	COUNTRY	INNINGS
Virat Kohli	India	624
Sachin Tendulkar	India	644
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	666

Most runs in international cricket

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Player	Country	Matches	Innings	Runs	Highest	Average	100s	50s
Sachin Tendulkar	India	664	782	34,357	248*	48.52	100	164
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	594	666	28,016	319	46.77	63	153
Virat Kohli	India	557*	624*	28,001*	254*	52.58	84	145
Ricky Ponting	Australia	560	668	27,483	257	45.95	71	146
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	652	725	25,957	374	39.15	54	136
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	519	617	25,534	224	49.10	62	149
Rahul Dravid	India	509	605	24,208	270	45.41	48	146
Brian Lara	West Indies	430	521	22,358	400*	46.28	53	111
Joe Root	England	381	503	22,166	262	49.36	60	114
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	586	651	21,032	340	34.14	42	103

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Kohli finished his Test career with 9230 runs in 123 matches and his T20I career with 4188 runs in 125 matches. In ODIs, he has scored 14,583* runs so far in 309 matches.

Virat Kohli’s record for India

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FORMAT	MATCHES	INNINGS	RUNS	100/50s
Tests	123	210	9230	30/31
ODIs	309*	297*	14,583*	53/76
T20Is	125	117	4188	1/38
Total	557*	624*	28,001*	84/145

650 sixes for Rohit

Rohit Sharma entered his name in the history books on Sunday (January 11) by becoming the first batter in the world to hit 650 sixes in international cricket. Rohit, who is playing as an opener for Team India in the ongoing first ODI against New Zealand at BCA Stadium in Vadodara, slammed his 650th six in international cricket on the third ball of the seventh over of the 301-run chase.

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Rohit, who holds the record of hitting the most sixes in ODIs, T20Is and international cricket, finished his Test career with 88 sixes in 67 matches, 205 sixes in 159 T20Is and has 357 sixes to his credit in 280 one-day matches.

Former West Indies skipper and legendary opener Chris Gayle is second on the list of batters with the most sixes in international cricket, and Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi takes the third position with 476 sixes in 524 matches played across formats.

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