Srinagar: The Team India superstar Virat Kohli has shattered the long standing record of batting legend Sachin Tendulkar by scoring brilliant century against Pakistan during Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup 2023 clash in Colombo on Monday.
Virat Kohli completed 13,000 ODI runs, becoming the fifth player to reach the landmark in men’s ODIs with Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene being the only others before him to reach the milestone.
While Tendulkar took 321 innings to get to the mark, Kohli has reached the same in 267 innings, becoming the quickest to the milestone. Ponting (341) and Sangakkara (363) took over 300 innings too while Jayasuriya reached the mark in 416 innings.
Kohli is also the only one among the five to average over 50. With 47 ODI hundreds, Kohli is also just two away from equalling Tendulkar’s record tally of ODI tons.
The No.3 batter resumed from his score of seven overnight and survived an early review for caught behind off Naseem Shah’s over. He looked in pristine touch thereafter, combining with a proactive KL Rahul to really press home India’s good start.
Kohli took 55 balls to get to his half-century but took only 29 more balls to get to his 47th ODI hundred. Rahul too, meanwhile, completed his ton to give India a strong total in Colombo.