India batter Virat Kohli turned the quickest to achieve 13,000 ODI runs throughout the Asia Cup Super 4 conflict in opposition to arch-rival Pakistan on the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Monday.
The 34-year-old bettered the report of fellow Indian veteran Sachin Tendulkar (321 innings), by attaining the feat in simply 277 innings. Kohli bought to the landmark with a double off Shaheen Afridi.
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Kohli added a cherry on prime with a century. He reached his forty seventh ton in ODIs, off the next ball.
Additionally, with this century, Kohli has now scored 4 consecutive 100s at this stadium, the joint-most highest centuries at a single venue alongside South African nice Hashim Amla. The different three tons had been in opposition to Sri Lanka— two of which got here in 2017 and one in 2012.
The match was known as off on Sunday owing to extreme rain with India stranded at 147/2 in 24.1 overs and needed to be moved to order day. Kohli and KL Rahul each began cautiously however gained management of the match. They ended up scoring 233 off 194 deliveries, 9 larger than earlier record-holders Nasir Jamshed and Mohammad Hafeez. They assist India attain a frightening 356/2 of their 50-over quota.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com