India captain Virat Kohli has become the fastest batsman ever to score 10,000 ODI runs.
Kohli reached the milestone in the second ODI against West Indies at Visakhapatnam, with MS Dhoni alongside him at the crease, taking 89 balls to knock off the 81 runs he needed to hit 10,000.
It came in his 205th one-day international innings to be an incredible 54 innings faster to the mark than the previous record holder, Sachin Tendulkar.
It nearly didn’t happen, with Kohli dropped on 44 by Jason Holder in the deep, after he was deceived by a slower ball from the Windies debutant Obed McCoy.
Kohli knocked India’s legend Sachin Tendulkar off the perch as the previous fastest to 10,000 ODI runs with the Little Master having achieved the mark in 259 knocks.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
🚨🚨 Reigning Supremacy #KingKohli 👑@imVkohli becomes the FASTEST BATSMAN to score 10000 ODI runs.
👏🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/2YMoFtr2L1
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 24, 2018
King Kohli 👑 pic.twitter.com/tNIJxt62ae
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 24, 2018
The intensity and consistency with which you bat is just amazing. @imVkohli, congratulations on achieving 10,000 runs in ODIs. Keep the runs flowing. pic.twitter.com/tQUhY8bHna
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) October 24, 2018
Software update all the time. Virat Kohli has redefined what consistency means. Got his 9000th odi run just 11 innings ago and got his 10000 th today, to go with his 37th century. Enjoy the phenomena #KingKohli pic.twitter.com/OPhvIsBRDJ
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) October 24, 2018
And the insanity continues with an undying intensity. Congratulations #KingKohli on 10,000 ODI runs and 37th century. The hunger, consistency and intensity is simply incredible pic.twitter.com/DGoP1GlZ01
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) October 24, 2018
विराट सम्राट 🙏🙌 #10KforVK
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 24, 2018
Fastest 10k the one and only @imVkohli . Many many congratulation Bhai jan 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) October 24, 2018
Congratulations to @imVkohli to achieve milestone of 10000 runs in ODI cricket 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 , Great player & Humble human 👍🏼 , u entertaining all fans of cricket with ur Skills , Passion & determination , stay blessed
— Mohammad Hafeez (@MHafeez22) October 24, 2018
Well done @imVkohli on becoming he fastest man to 10,000 runs 👏🏽👏🏽What is next on your list to ✅ off? #INDvWIN
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) October 24, 2018
1⃣0⃣,0⃣0⃣0⃣ ODI runs and in no time!! Congratulations on the record @imVkohli #Virat10k 💪
— Jasprit Bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93) October 24, 2018
What a champion @imVkohli proud of you my boy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🏏 @BCCI #INDvsWI #KINGKOHLI pic.twitter.com/svXWOJi9op
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) October 24, 2018
@imVkohli is chalking up milestones with a regularity as if it was an everyday affair. 10000 ODI runs already and he is perhaps just at the halfway mark of his career. Remarkable!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) October 24, 2018
Congratulations #KingKohli on becoming the fastest to 10000 ODI runs. What a player ! pic.twitter.com/fUkMgldTEx
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) October 24, 2018
Congratulations @imVkohli what an achievement in only 205 innings 👏👏👏 https://t.co/Lb7KHPb5hh
— Azhar Ali (@AzharAli_) October 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/fwildecricket/status/1055047398798643200
Exactly why he is the 🐐!! #Fact https://t.co/oE1vhsZtAq
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) October 24, 2018
Fastest 10k odi runs.Legendary stuff from #ViratKohli 👏👏👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) October 24, 2018
Take a bow Virat! Congratulations !@imVkohli
— Wriddhiman Saha (@Wriddhipops) October 24, 2018
Congratulations @imVkohli .. We fall short of adjectives each time we watch you bat !! 10K runs in 205 innings is a monumental achievement !! Insane numbers. Even the History books are standing in ovation to laud this feat!! #ViratKohli #Kohli #Goat
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) October 24, 2018
Meanwhile, India’s Virat Kohli completes 10,000 runs in ODIs, becomes fastest to reach this milestone. Well done. #KingKohli
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) October 24, 2018
Virat Kohli enters the 10,000-run club with a new record : https://t.co/CVbw9q3NGU#INDvWI #2ndODI #Cricket #TheCricketTimes pic.twitter.com/xiCXJz16nH
— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) October 24, 2018
With that, King Kohli becomes the fastest to score 🔟,0⃣0⃣0⃣ ODI runs! 😎
Whatta player! 🙌#INDvWI #HallaBol pic.twitter.com/MTNnGnUfDX— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) October 24, 2018
Fastest to 1⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ ODI runs! 🎉
You know you're building a huge legacy when you beat The God's record by 54 innings. 🙌
🎩s off to #ViratKohli!#INDvWI #KingKohli pic.twitter.com/yc6Yrscnj0
— Sony Sports Network (@SonySportsNetwk) October 24, 2018
Fastest to 8000 ODI runs. (175 innings)
Fastest to 9000 ODI runs. (194 innings)
And now, the fastest ever to 10,000 ODI runs. (205 innings)@imVkohli's consistency is just unbelievable! 🐐#INDvWI #PlayBold pic.twitter.com/sycYn2CnQ6— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) October 24, 2018
Fastest to 10,000 ODI runs..
By inns – KOHLI (205)
By mats – KOHLI (213)
By balls – KOHLI (10813)
By time – KOHLI (10yrs, 67d from debut)He also has highest average and most centuries when completing 10,000 runs. #IndvWI #Legend
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) October 24, 2018
10,000-club in ODIs:
Tendulkar (2001)
Inzamam (2004)
Ganguly (2005)
Jayasuriya (2005)
Lara (2006)
Dravid (2007)
Ponting (2007)
Kallis (2009)
Jayawardene (2011)
Sangakkara (2012)
Dilshan (2015)
Dhoni (2018)
Kohli (2018)#IndvWI— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) October 24, 2018
Innings taken for Virat Kohli to get to each milestone:
1,000 – 24
2,000 – 53
3,000 – 75
4,000 – 93
5,000 – 114
6,000 – 136
7,000 – 161
8,000 – 175
9,000 – 194
10,000 – 205 pic.twitter.com/uxCfytKaKw— bet365 (@bet365) October 24, 2018
