Bengaluru: Indian batting legend Virat Kohli on Wednesday surpassed Sachin Tendulkar’s record of becoming the fastest to 16,000 runs in List A cricket.
Earlier today, Kohli achieved a unique milestone while representing Delhi in the Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Andhra Pradesh at the BCCI Center of Excellence, during which he smashed a quick-fire century.
His 58th century, in his 330th List A innings, broke the 16000-run barrier, 61 runs short of Tendulkar, who now moves into second place on the elusive list alongside Australia’s Ricky Ponting, England’s Graham Cooch and West Indies’ Gordon Greenidge.
Fastest for 16000 List A cricket runs
- Virat Kohli (India) – 330 innings
- Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 391 innings
- Gordon Greenidge (West Indies) – 422 innings
- Ricky Ponting (Australia) – 430 innings
- Graham Gooch (England) – 435 innings
- Viv Richards (West Indies) – 435 innings
Notably, Virat Kohli now holds the record for the fastest man to score between 10,000 and 1000 List A runs in each set.
Meanwhile, in the Group D match of the Vijay Hazara Trophy between Mumbai and Sikkim, another former India captain, Rohit Sharma, etched his name in the history books by scoring 155 runs.
The right-handed batsman dominated the Sikkim bowlers, smashing them with 18 fours and 9 sixes as he amassed 155 runs off just 94 balls.
He equaled former Australian cricketer David Warner for the most 150-plus dismissals by a batsman in List A cricket.