Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman
to score 5000 runs in one-day internationals when he scored 86 against the West
Indies in the first ODI in Kochi on 21 November 2013.
Virat Kohli achieved the feat in just 120 matches and
114 innings. He has so far scored 5005 runs, which included 17 centuries and 27
fifties in his short career.
In terms of innings, Virat Kohli has equalled the
record of Sir Viv Richards of West Indies, who also achieved the feat in 114
innings way back in 1987 but it was Viv's 126th match.
Before Kohli, former captain Sourav Ganguly was the
fastest to achieve the feat among Indian batsmen in 131 matches and 126
innings. From India, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (135 innings), Gautam Gambhir
(135 innings) and Sachin Tendulkar (138 innings) are the next fastest batsmen
to reach the 5000 runs in ODIs.
|
Batsman
|
Opposition
|
Match Date
|
Matches
|
Innings
|
|
Virat Kohli (India)
|
West Indies
|
21 Nov 2013
|
120
|
114
|
|
Viv Richards (WI)
|
England
|
30 Jan 1987
|
126
|
114
|
|
Brian Lara (WI)
|
South Africa
|
3
Nov 1997
|
120
|
118
|
|
Gordon Greenidge (WI)
|
Pakistan
|
13 Nov 1990
|
122
|
121
|
|
AB de Villiers (SA)
|
England
|
28 Aug 2012
|
129
|
124
|
|
Sourav Ganguly (India)
|
Pakistan
|
25 Jan 2000
|
131
|
126
|
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