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Kanpur: Superstar Virat Kohli has a career record that belies his nickname ‘Run Machine’. The player, who is rewriting batting records one by one, crossed a new milestone in the second Test against Bangladesh. On Monday, Kohli became only the fourth player to reach 27,000 runs in international cricket. Along with this, Kohli has also achieved the achievement of being the player who has completed 27,000 runs from the lowest number of innings.
Kohli broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record. While Sachin scored 27,000 runs in 623 innings, Kohli needed only 594 innings. The achievement before 600 innings adds to the record change. Apart from Sachin and Kohli, former Aussie captain Ricky Ponting and Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara are other players who have crossed 27,000 runs in international cricket. Ponting played 650 innings and Sangakkara 648 innings crossed this milestone.
Another day at office, another milestone breached!@imVkohli now has 27000 runs in international cricket ππHe is the fourth player and second Indian to achieve this feat!#INDvBAN @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/ijXWfi5v7O
β BCCI (@BCCI) September 30, 2024
Meanwhile, the Indian team created new records in the Kanpur Test with fast batting. All the records for fastest 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 runs by a team in Tests were smashed by the Indian batsmen. After 50 in three overs, the record of baseball champions England in this regard is legendary. Captain Rohit Sharma returned with the score standing at 55, but Yashaswi Jaiswal continued to make breakthroughs along with Shubman Gill who came after him. The score crossed 100 in 10.1 overs. India broke the record against the West Indies last year.
With the return of Jaiswal (72) and Gill (39) followed by Rishabh Pant (9), superstar Virat Kohli (47) and KL. Rahul (68) also took charge of the attack. The team reached 150 runs in 18.2 overs and 200 runs in 24.2 overs. After 250 in the 31st over, the record was also written. India is the first team to score more than 100 runs in Tests at a run rate of more than eight. India scored 285 runs at a run rate of 8.22.
After declaring the innings, the Indian bowlers took both the visitors’ wickets in the last session on the fourth day. Opener Zakir Hasan and night watchman Hasan Mahmood are out. Bangladesh is currently 26 runs behind India’s first innings score. The effort of the Indian bowlers can quickly eliminate Bangladesh on the final day on Tuesday. Rohit and his team believe that they can win if they keep the visitors to a small score.
Source: Malayalam