Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli will be targeting another big record of Sachin Tendulkar during the Bangladesh series. This record is of completing 27,000 runs at the fastest pace in international cricket. Virat Kohli has so far scored 26942 runs in 591 innings in his career at an average of 53.35. As soon as he scores 58 runs in the first test against Bangladesh, he will touch the mark of 27,000 runs and break Sachin Tendulkar’s record. Let us tell you, Sachin Tendulkar holds the record of scoring 27,000 runs at the fastest pace in international cricket in 623 innings.
Let us tell you, Virat Kohli holds the record of scoring the fastest 16 thousand to 26 thousand runs in international cricket. Now his eyes are on completing the fastest 27 thousand runs.
Highest run scorer in International cricket
Virat Kohli is currently at the fourth position in the list of players who have scored the most runs in international cricket. Sachin Tendulkar is at the top of this list, followed by Kumar Sangakkara and Ricky Ponting. Kohli will have to work hard to beat Sachin (34357), but he is not far from Sangakkara (28016) and Ponting (27483). To beat Ricky Ponting, Virat Kohli needs 542 runs and Kumar Sangakkara needs 1075 runs.
India has to play 10 tests
Virat Kohli has already retired from T20 and there are no more ODI matches this year. In such a situation, Virat Kohli will be eyeing to break these records through Test matches only. After two Test matches against Bangladesh, India has to play a 3 Test match series against New Zealand at home. After this, India will fly to Australia where they have to play a 5 match Test series. Kohli will be eyeing to do wonders in 20 innings of these 10 Tests.