Scarlet speedster Kohli's 10K sprint
Virat Kohli broke the all time ODI record for the fastest to 10,000 ODI runs during his marathon knock of unbeaten 157 against Windies in the second ODI in Vizag. Starting his innings 81 runs away from the milestone, he took a single off Ashley Nurse in the 37th over of the Indian innings to get to the landmark.
A look at the records Kohli broke during his 37th ODI century:
The elite 10,000 club
0 - Players getting to 10,000 ODI runs faster than Kohli. He's the fastest to the milestone in terms of innings taken (205), balls faced (10813) and days from debut (3270). He became the second youngest to the milestone at 29 years & 353 days after Sachin Tendulkar who was only 27 years & 341 days when he reached the milestone in Indore in 2001.
2 - Players averaging 50-plus at the end of the innings after reaching the 10,000-run milestone. Kohli's average stands at 59.62 after the innings which is way ahead of the next placed MS Dhoni's 51.30 when he went past the 10,000-run mark at Lord's earlier this year.
Players with 10,000+ runs in ODIs
| Player | Inngs | Date reahed | Days from debut | Avg | 100s | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 2018 | Virat Kohli | 3270 | 59.62 | 29y 353d | 37 | 205 |
| 31 Mar 2001 | S Tendulkar | 4121 | 42.64 | 27y 341d | 28 | 259 |
| 03 Aug 2005 | S Ganguly | 4953 | 41.23 | 33y 26d | 22 | 263 |
| 24 Mar 2007 | R Ponting | 4420 | 42.91 | 32y 95d | 23 | 266 |
| 23 Jan 2009 | J Kallis | 4763 | 45.45 | 33y 99d | 16 | 272 |
| 14 Jul 2018 | MS Dhoni | 4951 | 51.30 | 37y 7d | 10 | 273 |
| 16 Dec 2006 | B Lara | 5881 | 40.56 | 37y 228d | 19 | 278 |
| 14 Feb 2007 | R Dravid | 3969 | 40.02 | 34y 34d | 12 | 287 |
| 26 Jul 2015 | T Dilshan | 5706 | 39.71 | 38y 285d | 22 | 293 |
| 17 Feb 2012 | K Sangakkara | 4244 | 37.81 | 34y 113d | 12 | 296 |
| 19 Sep 2004 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 4685 | 38.98 | 34y 200d | 10 | 299 |
| 09 Aug 2005 | S Jayasuriya | 5705 | 32.13 | 36y 40d | 18 | 328 |
| 18 Nov 2011 | M Jayawardene | 5046 | 33.46 | 34y 175d | 15 | 333 |
The formidable foe of WI
6 - Hundreds for Kohli against Windies in ODIs - the most by any player. Kohli went past the South African trio of Herschelle Gibbs, Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers who all had gone past the three-figure mark five times each. Kohli has hit more centuries against one other opponent - eight against Sri Lanka from 45 innings.
1684 - Runs for Kohli against Windies in 29 ODIs. He went past Tendulkar's 1573 runs from 39 ODIs against them to become the leading run-getter for India against Windies in ODI cricket. He averages 70.16 against them and in runs tally against Windies he is only behind Javed Miandad (1930) and Mark Waugh (1708).
2 - Kohli became the second player to hit hundreds in three consecutive innings against Windies after Babar Azam in the tri-series in UAE in 2016. Kohli scored an unbeaten 111 in Kingston last July in the last match of the series and followed it up with 140 in the first ODI in Guwahati and 157* today. Kohli became the first player to hit hundreds in three consecutive innings against two sides, having earlier done that against Sri Lanka in 2012.
Most runs against WI in ODIs
| Player | Mat | Inngs | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javed Miandad | 33.85 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 100* | 64 | 1930 | 63.78 |
| Mark Waugh | 39.72 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 173 | 45 | 1708 | 76.35 |
| Virat Kohli | 70.16 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 157* | 29 | 1684 | 96.83 |
| Jacques Kallis | 50.48 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 139 | 40 | 1666 | 77.70 |
| Rameez Raja | 32.48 | 53 | 8 | 2 | 104* | 53 | 1624 | 58.35 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 52.43 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 141* | 39 | 1573 | 78.02 |
| Allan Border | 28.62 | 61 | 9 | 1 | 127* | 60 | 1546 | 65.84 |
An incredible 2018
11 - Innings taken by Kohli to reach 1000 ODI runs in 2018 - the fewest innings taken by any player to reach the 1000-run mark in a calendar year. He broke the previous record held by Hashim Amla and himself, both 15 innings each, in 2010 and 2012 respectively. His scores this year read: 112, 46*, 160*, 75, 36, 129*, 75, 45, 71, 140 & 157*.
6 - Instances of Kohli scoring 1000-plus runs in a calendar year in ODIs - the joint second most for a player alongside Sourav Ganguly, Ricky Ponting and Kumar Sangakkara. Only Tendulkar has done it more often in ODIs - seven times.
1000+ run calendar years for Kohli in ODIs
| Year | Mat | Inngs | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 47.62 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 117 | 34 | 1381 | 85.56 |
| 2012 | 68.40 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 183 | 17 | 1026 | 93.78 |
| 2013 | 52.83 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 115* | 30 | 1268 | 97.53 |
| 2014 | 58.55 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 139* | 20 | 1054 | 99.62 |
| 2017 | 76.84 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 131 | 26 | 1460 | 99.11 |
| 2018 | 149.42 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 160* | 11 | 1046 | 103.87 |
4 - This was the fourth instance of Kohli going past 150 in an innings in ODIs. Only Rohit Sharma (six), Tendulkar (five) and David Warner (five) have more such scores in ODIs while Sanath Jayasuriya, Chris Gayle and Amla also have four each. Kohli is the second player to score 150-plus twice while leading the side, after Andrew Strauss.
3 - Hundreds for Kohli at Vizag's ACA-VDCA stadium in just five innings. His five ODI innings at the venue: 118, 117, 99, 65 & 157*. Only in one other venue has he scored more ODI centuries - four in Mirpur (13 innings) - while he has scored three in Colombo RPS as well (eight innings). He became the first Indian to hit five successive 50-plus scores at a single venue in ODIs.
157* - is the second highest individual score for India against Windies in ODIs after Virender Sehwag's 219 in Indore in 2011. It also happens to be the highest individual score in Vizag, surpassing MS Dhoni's 148 against Pakistan in the inaugural ODI at this venue in 2005.
78 - Innings taken by Kohli to reach 4000 runs in home ODIs - the fastest by any player. AB de Villiers reached the mark in South Africa in 91 innings, which was the previous fastest while playing for South Africa and the composite African XI. Tendulkar and Dhoni are the two players to score 4000-plus in India, reaching there in 92 and 100 innings respectively.
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