{"id":304638,"date":"2018-10-24T13:31:15","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T13:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=304638"},"modified":"2018-10-24T13:31:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T13:31:15","slug":"virat-kohli-becomes-fastest-player-to-reach-10000-odi-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/virat-kohli-becomes-fastest-player-to-reach-10000-odi-runs\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli becomes fastest player to reach 10,000 ODI runs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-304639 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181024-172326__01-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181024-172326__01-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181024-172326__01-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181024-172326__01-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181024-172326__01-696x467.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181024-172326__01-1068x717.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181024-172326__01-626x420.jpg 626w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181024-172326__01.jpg 1074w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Indian Cricket Captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday became fastest batsman to amass 10,000 runs in One-day Internationals (ODI).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Virat Kohli reached the milestone in the 2nd ODI against West Indies at Visakhapatnam.\u00a0He achieved the feat in 205th ODI innings, 54 innings quicker than Sachin Tendulkar, who took 259 innings to reach the landmark figure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The 29-year-old became the fifth Indian and 13th overall to achieve the landmark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">BCCI tweeted, \u201cThe fastest ever to get to the landmark, 13th in the world, 5th Indian to reach 10K. Salute the master!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Besides Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar, the other Indian batsman who have scored over 10,000 runs are\u00a0Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid\u00a0and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Sachin Tendulkar leads the elite list with 18426 runs. Sourav Ganguly (11363), Rahul Dravid (10889) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (10123).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Virat Kohli made his ODI debut in August 2008 against Sri Lanka. He has established himself as one of the leading batting stars in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">International Cricket Council (ICC) tweeted, \u201c&#8217;GOAT!&#8217; &#8211; see how the cricket world reacted as @imvKohli became the fastest to the mark of 10,000 ODI runs!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Cricket Captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday became fastest batsman to amass 10,000 runs in One-day Internationals (ODI). Virat Kohli reached the milestone in the 2nd ODI against West Indies at Visakhapatnam.\u00a0He achieved the feat in 205th ODI innings, 54 innings quicker than Sachin Tendulkar, who took 259 innings to reach the landmark figure. 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