Virat Kohli reached another milestone on Wednesday as he became the fastest player to reach 16,000 runs in List A, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar and joining legendary names like Ricky Ponting and Graham Gooch.
Kohli achieved this distinctive milestone while representing Delhi in the Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Andhra at the BCCI Center of Excellence Ground 1 earlier today, in which he smashed a quick century.
His 58th century took him past the 16,000-run barrier in his 330th List A innings, taking 61 fewer than Tendulkar, who has now moved to second on the elusive list, along with Australia’s Ricky Ponting, England’s Graham Gooch and West Indies’ Gordon Greenidge and Sir Vivian Richards.
Fastest to 16,000 runs in List A cricket
- 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
Notably, Virat Kohli now holds the record of being the fastest in every 1,000 List A run series starting from 10,000.
Meanwhile, in the Vijay Hazara Trophy Group D match between Mumbai and Sikkim on Wednesday, another former Indian captain Rohit Sharma etched his name in the history books with a monumental knock of 155 runs.
The right-handed batter dominated the Sikkim bowlers, smashing them for 18 fours and nine sixes on his way to a 155 off just 94 deliveries, helping Mumbai chase the modest target of 237 runs for the loss of eight wickets and 117 balls to spare.
His monumental knock also took him level with former Australian cricketer David Warner at the top of the list of batters with over 150 hits in List A cricket, as both batters now have nine such innings under their belt.
