Virat Kohli has made another historic achievement in One Day International cricket. In the first ODI played against West Indies in Thiruvananthapuram, Kohli Completed 15,000 ODI runs. He has become the second batsman in the world after Sachin Tendulkar to reach this milestone. The special thing was that Kohli achieved this feat in much less innings than Sachin and broke his record of fastest 15,000 ODI runs.

15 thousand ODI runs completed in 303rd innings

Virat Kohli reached his 15,000 ODI runs 303rd innings Completed in. Sachin Tendulkar had achieved this figure in his 377th innings. In this way, Kohli achieved this feat by playing 74 innings less than Sachin.

While chasing the target against West Indies, Kohli touched this historic figure by hitting a four off Alzarri Joseph in the 29th over. Earlier, he had completed his half-century in 40 balls.

Sachin made the record in 377 innings

Earlier, the only batsman to score 15,000 runs in ODI cricket was Sachin Tendulkar. He achieved this feat while playing against South Africa on 29 June 2007.

Virat Kohli has now left behind Sachin's record of being the fastest to reach this figure by completing 15 thousand runs in his 303rd innings. ICC has also described Kohli as the fastest batsman to reach 15,000 runs in men's ODI cricket.

151 run partnership with Gill

West Indies had set a target of 296 runs for India. After the dismissal of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli came to bat and along with captain Shubman Gill took charge of the Indian innings.

For the second wicket between the two 151 run partnership Hui. Shubman Gill played a brilliant inning of 110 runs in 108 balls. With his century, India moved rapidly towards the target.

Virat Kohli's century in 74 balls

After completing 15 thousand ODI runs, Virat Kohli converted his innings into a century. They Completed century in 74 balls. In the end, Kohli remained unbeaten after scoring 139 runs and India defeated West Indies by 8 wickets.

This is Kohli's in ODI cricket 55th century Was. With this century, he equaled Sachin Tendulkar's 60 centuries in List-A cricket. Also, his number of centuries in international cricket in India increased to 42.

The record of most ODI runs in a country was also broken

In this match against West Indies, Virat Kohli left behind Sachin Tendulkar's record in scoring the most ODI runs in a country. Kohli's run figure in ODI cricket in India has now crossed 7,000.

This inning of Virat Kohli gave birth to many big records in a single match. Reaching the historic figure of 15,000 ODI runs, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record and then scoring a century—Kohli's innings in Thiruvananthapuram went into the record books.

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