Virat KohlI broke Sachin Tendulkar's record as the fastest batter to reach 27,000 runs on Monday. (BCCI)India batting maestro Virat Kohli on Monday became the fourth batter to complete 27,000 international runs during the second Test against Bangladesh in Kanpur.
The 35-year-old Kohli completed 27,000 runs across all formats, joining an exclusive club of batters which includes Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Kumar Sangakkara.
Kohli also broke Tendulkar’s record to become the quickest batter to reach 27,000 runs in only his 594th innings, 29 innings faster than Tendulkar, who got there in in 623 innings in 2007. Sri Lankan Sangakkara achieved the mark in 2015 in his 648th innings while Ponting scaled the mark in his 650th outing for Australia.
Another day at office, another milestone breached!@imVkohli now has 27000 runs in international cricket 👏👏
He is the fourth player and second Indian to achieve this feat!#INDvBAN @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/ijXWfi5v7O
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 30, 2024
In February 2023, Kohli had become the fastest batter to 25,000 runs, reaching the mark in 549 innings, 28 quicker than Tendulkar. In October 2023, Kohli went past 26,000 runs as the quickest to the landmark, again bettering Tendulkar by 13 innings.
594 innings – Virat Kohli*
623 innings – Sachin Tendulkar
648 innings – Kumar Sangakkara
650 innings – Ricky Ponting
Stats of September 30 when Kohli reached 27,000 runs
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (IND) | 1989-2013 | 664 | 782 | 34357 | 248* | 48.52 | 67.58* | 100 | 164 |
| Kumar Sangakkara (Asia/ICC/SL) | 2000-2015 | 594 | 666 | 28016 | 319 | 46.77 | 66.56 | 63 | 153 |
| Ricky Ponting (AUS/ICC) | 1995-2012 | 560 | 668 | 27483 | 257 | 45.95 | 68.48 | 71 | 146 |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 2008-2024 | 534 | 594 | 27000 | 254* | 53.25 | 79.61 | 80 | 140 |
| Mahela Jayawardena (Asia/SL) | 1997-2015 | 652 | 725 | 25957 | 374 | 39.15 | 64.73 | 54 | 136 |
| Jacques Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA) | 1995-2014 | 519 | 617 | 25534 | 224 | 49.1 | 56.3 | 62 | 149 |
| Rahul Dravid (Asia/ICC/IND) | 1996-2012 | 509 | 605 | 24208 | 270 | 45.41 | 51.98 | 48 | 146 |
| Brian Lara (ICC/WI) | 1990-2007 | 430 | 521 | 22358 | 400* | 46.28 | 68.08 | 53 | 111 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) | 1989-2011 | 586 | 651 | 21032 | 340 | 34.14 | 81.17 | 42 | 103 |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) | 1994-2015 | 454 | 553 | 20988 | 203* | 45.72 | 52.27 | 41 | 125 |
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