Kohli beats Master Blaster

India captain Virat Kohli rose to the challenge on Sunday against Pakistan and added another feather to his cap by becoming the fastest player in the history of the game to cross the 11,000-run mark in ODIs.


In this regard Virat Kohli achieved the feat in 222 innings, going past Sachin Tendulkar who took 276 knocks to go past the 11,000-run mark. Ricky Ponting reached the milestone in 286 innings, while Sourav Ganguly took 288 innings to achieve the feat.

Kohli also became only the third Indian after Tendulkar and Ganguly and ninth cricketer overall to get to 11,000 ODI runs .

Kohli already holds the record for being the fastest to 10,000 ODI runs.On Sunday, Kohli brought up his 51st ODI half-century off 51 balls, his second fifty on the trot.