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Fastest to reach 9000 ODI runs, a century: It's Virat Kohli's day at Kanpur

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India captain Virat Kohli on Sunday turned into the speediest to achieve 9000 ODI runs, taking only 194 innings to accomplish the accomplishment. He accomplished the accomplishment even as he scored his 32nd century in the third and last One-Day International (ODI) against New Zealand here at the Green Park stadium on Sunday, to secure the 1-1 leveled arrangement. Cordiality his innings of 113 in the match, the Team India chief broke de Villiers' record (205 innings) of the quickest cricketer to have achieved the point of reference. Kohli likewise turned into the main batsman to accumulate 2000 keeps running in global cricket in 2017. In front of the Kanpur ODI, Kohli was on 1991 keeps running from 39 matches at 58.55. The 28-year-old accomplished the 8000-run check in ODIs in only 175 innings, again breaking AB de Villiers' record, who took 182 innings. Kohli, in 2013, turned into the quickest player to 5000 ODI runs, equalling West Indies' Viv Richards re...

Only Sachin is now ahead of Virat Kohli in the list of most 100s in ODIs

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Virat Kohli on Sunday out  performed the incredible Ricky Pointing to wind up noticeably the second most noteworthy century creator in ODIs on the way his 31st hundred amid the opening match against New Zealand in Mumbai. Kohli (121), who had a peaceful arrangement against Australia by his grand principles, got to a twofold point of reference today by scoring a hundred on his 200th ODI, an accomplishment just accomplished by Ab de Villiers of South Africa. Kohli is currently just behind Sachin Tendulkar , who amassed 49 ODI hundreds other than a stunning 51 centuries in Tests. The Indian skipper has 17 hundreds to his name in the five-day design. It was not among Kohli's most familiar thumps as Wankhede pitch was on the slower side and the sapping moistness made batting precarious. By achieving the three-figure stamp, he additionally turned out to be just the third Indian to score an ODI hundred at Wankhede after Tendulkar (1996 against South Afric...