On Wednesday, Virat Kohli took another historic step in the glorious career after becoming the fastest batter to reach 16,000 List A runs in cricket by passing Sachin Tendulkar. Kohli made the record books when he became the first player to achieve the feat by playing against Andhra in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on behalf of Delhi in only 330 innings.
The ex-India captain mentioned the achievement when he scored a fluent century at Bengaluru, which cemented his role as one of the most regular run-scorers of all time in the history of the sport. Kohli has made it even more impressive considering that Tendulkar, who currently occupies the top spot, had taken 391 innings to get the same mark.
Kohli has now topped an elite list which comprises of international super stars like Ricky Ponting, Viv Richards, Gordon Greenidge and Graham Gooch. What further makes him unique is that he has no comparisons with others in terms of each 1000 run milestone between 10,000 and 16,000 in List A In cricket.
The success is a manifestation of the unremitting success at formats and tournaments. Coming back to domestic cricket has seen him hungry, intense and leading to inspire his teammates and even the fans.
Rohit Sharma was giving an astounding performance to Mumbai on the same day, which added to the excitement of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. In the pursuit of 237 runs, Rohit scored 155 runs off a mere 94 balls to give Mumbai a very easy time beating Sikkim.
The innings were also notable as Rohit equalled David Warner of Australia in the highest number of 150-plus scores in List A cricket with nine of them. Kohli and Rohit feats parallel indicates a golden age in Indian batters, records are still plummeting and standards continue to be raised.
