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Virat Kohli to Ricky Ponting: Batters with fastest 27,000 runs in international cricket

Virat Kohli to Ricky Ponting: Batters with fastest 27,000 runs in international cricket

Before Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar was the quickest batter to reach 27,000 runs, having achieved the mark in 623 innings in 2007

Virat Kohli became the fastest player to reach 27,000 international runs during the Day 4 of India’s second Test against Bangladesh at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur on Monday. He surpassed Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 27,000 runs in 623 innings. Kohli has currently played 594 innings in international cricket.

Apart from Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar, only two other players, Ricky Ponting and Kumar Sangakkara, have reached the mark before in all cricket.

Before Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar was the quickest batter to reach 27,000 runs, having achieved the mark in 623 innings in 2007. Sri Lankan Sangakkara achieved the mark in 2015 in his 648th inning, while Ponting scaled the mark in his 650th outing for Australia.

Fastest to reach 27,000 runs in international cricket

In February 2023, Kohli had become the fastest batter to 25,000 runs, reaching the mark in 549 innings, 28 quicker than Tendulkar. In October 2023, Kohli went past 26,000 runs as the quickest to the landmark, again bettering Tendulkar by 13 innings. Similarly, Kohli has now broken the record of Sachin to become the fastest batter to reach 27,000 runs in international cricket.

PlayerSpanMatInnsRunsHSAveSR10050
Sachin Tendulkar (IND)1989-201366478234357248*48.5267.58*100164
Kumar Sangakkara (Asia/ICC/SL)2000-20155946662801631946.7766.5663153
Ricky Ponting (AUS/ICC)1995-20125606682748325745.9568.4871146
Virat Kohli (IND)2008-202453559427000*254*53.1879.5680140
Mahela Jayawardena (Asia/SL)1997-20156527252595737439.1564.7354136
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