Kohli Surpasses Tendulkar To Become Fastest Batter To 25,000 International Runs

New Delhi: With completing 25,000 runs in international cricket, Indian batter Virat Kohli is the fastest one to achieve this feat surpassing master blaster Sachin Tendulkar.

Kohli scripted history in the second Test of the Border Gavaskar series in Delhi scoring 20 runs in the second innings.

Kohli reached the landmark in 549 international matches, going past Sachin Tendulkar (34,437), who achieved the feat in 577 innings.

Ricky Ponting (588), Jacques Kallis (594), Kumar Sangakkara (608) and Mahela Jayawardene follow Virat and Sachin in the exclusive list.

Virat Kohli who made his debut in 2010 has 8,131 runs in Tests, 12,809 in ODI’s and 4,008 runs in T20I cricket. With 34357 runs in 664 matches, Sachin Tendulkar leads the way in international cricket, followed by Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara (28016 in 594 matches), Australia’s Ricky Ponting (27483 runs in 560 matches), Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene (25957 in 652 games), and South Africa’s Jacques Kallis (25534 in 519 matches).