Indian Captain Virat Kohli Breaks Sachin Tendulkar’s Record, Becomes Fastest 12,000 ODI Run Scorer

New Delhi: Indian captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday became the fastest to reach 12,000 runs in One-day International cricket. 

Kohli got to the milestone in his 242nd inning thus bettering the previous record set by Sachin Tendulkar, who got his 12000th run in his 300th inning

Kohli is the second-highest scorer for India in ODIs behind Tendulkar’s 18,426 from 463 ODIs. The India captain also holds the record for the fastest batsman (in terms of innings) to 10,000 and 11,000 runs in ODIs.

Kohli reached 11,000 runs in 222 innings and became the fastest to breach the 10000-run mark by doing so in his 205th inning.