Even after scoring 4 runs, Kohli broke Sachin Tendulkar’s world record, became the first batsman to do such a feat.
Virat Kohli
The last match of the 3-match Test series is being played between India and New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. On the first day, New Zealand were all out for 235 runs after winning the toss and batting first. The spin bowlers from India performed amazingly. Ravindra Jadeja took 5 wickets and Washington Sundar took 4 wickets.
In response to New Zealand’s score, the Indian team started playing cautiously in the first innings but once again opener and captain Rohit Sharma disappointed. Rohit returned to the pavilion after being dismissed by Matt Henry in the 7th over. Rohit contributed only 18 runs. After Rohit’s dismissal, Yashasvi Jaiswal also returned to the pavilion after scoring 30 runs. After Jaiswal was out, Mohammad Siraj was out on a duck on the very next ball.
Team India came under pressure due to the dismissal of 2 batsmen back to back, to reduce which Virat Kohli came on the field but returned to the pavilion after scoring only 4 runs. He was very unlucky. Kohli was run out while trying to steal a single. Even though Kohli was out after scoring 4 runs, despite this he made 2 big records in his name. In fact, as soon as Kohli came on the field, he completed his 600 innings in international cricket. In this way he became the first active cricketer to play 600 innings in international cricket.
Active cricketer who played most innings in international cricket
- 600 – Virat Kohli
- 518 – Mushfiqur Rahim
- 518 – Rohit Sharma
- 491 – Shakib Al Hasan
- 470 – Angelo Matthews
Kohli is only the third Indian cricketer to have made the record of playing 600 international innings. Before this, only Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid had achieved this big feat for India. Not only this, he has become the eighth cricketer in the world to reach this milestone.
Indian cricketer who played most innings in international cricket
- Sachin Tendulkar- 782
- Rahul Dravid- 605
- Virat Kohli- 600
- MS Dhoni- 526
- Rohit Sharma- 518
Not only this, Virat Kohli has also become the batsman who has scored the most runs after 600 innings in international cricket. He broke Sachin Tendulkar’s world record. Earlier, Sachin had the record of most runs in 600 innings. Kohli is the first batsman in the world who has achieved the great feat of scoring more than 27 thousand runs after 600 innings.
Batsman who scored the most runs after 600 innings in international cricket
- 27133 – Virat Kohli*
- 26020 – Sachin Tendulkar
- 25386 – Ricky Ponting
- 25212 – Jacques Kallis
- 24884 – Kumar Sangakkara
- 24097 – Rahul Dravid
- 21815 – Mahela Jayawardene
- 19917 – Sanath Jayasuriya
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