Virat Kohli is playing the 500th match of his international cricket career against the West Indies. He has scored 87 runs in the first innings of the second Test match being played against the Caribbean team till the end of the first day’s play and is present at the unbeaten crease. With this inning, Kohli did a great job in scoring runs in international cricket and left behind veterans like Jacques Kallis and also became the first batsman in the world to reach the half-century mark in the 500th international match. In this match, Kohli completed his half-century in 97 balls.
Kohli shines in international cricket
Virat Kohli, who remained unbeaten on 87 on the first day of the second Test against the West Indies, has now moved up one place from sixth to fifth in the list of highest run-scorers in international cricket, while earlier Jacques Kallis was in fifth place. He has now slipped to the sixth position. Jacques Kallis scored 25,534 runs in international cricket, but Kohli now has 25,548 runs. Most runs in international cricket are recorded in the name of Sachin Tendulkar, while Kumar Sangakkara is in second place, while Ricky Ponting and Mahela Jayawardene are in third and fourth place respectively.
Top 6 batsmen with the most runs in international cricket
- Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar – 34357 runs
- Kumar Sangakkara – 28016 runs
- Ricky Ponting – 27483 runs
- Mahela Jayawardene – 25957 runs
- Virat Kohli – 25548 runs (till the news is written)
- Jack Kalish – 25534 runs
Virat Kohli completed 2000 runs in WTC
Virat Kohli has completed his 2000 runs in the World Test Championship and has become the second Indian batsman after Rohit Sharma to do so. Rohit Sharma also achieved this feat during his innings of 80 runs against the West Indies and just after him Virat Kohli also achieved this distinction in the same innings of the same match.
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Kohli also beat Ricky Ponting in runs away from home
Virat Kohli has now come in fourth place in terms of scoring the most runs away from home. Kohli now has 14,376 runs after scoring 87 runs in the first innings on the first day of the second Test, while Ricky Ponting had 14,366 runs and has now reached number five.
Top 5 batsmen with the most runs away from home
- Sachin Tendulkar – 20165 runs
- Kumar Sangakkara – 15973 runs
- Rahul Dravid – 15204 runs
- Virat Kohli – 14376 runs (till the news is written)
- Ricky Ponting – 14366 runs
