Virat Kohli Becomes the Fastest Player to Score 9,000 ODI Runs

Virat Kohli became the fastest cricketer and the sixth Indian to reach 9,000 ODI runs during the third ODI vs NZ.

Virat Kohli raises his bat after scoring a century in the third ODI against New Zealand.

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Virat Kohli became the fastest player (194 innings) and the sixth Indian to reach 9,000 ODI runs during the series-deciding third game against New Zealand in Kanpur on Sunday.

Kohli got to the landmark in the 37th over when he guided one off Grandhomme towards the third man for a four. The Indian captain went past AB de Villiers, who got to the milestone in 205 innings.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni had reached the milestone last year while other Indians who have done so are Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Mohammad Azharuddin.

Overall, Kohli, who played his 194th innings, has become the 19th batsman to reach the 9000-run mark.

Earlier in the series, the Indian captain had surpassed Australian great Ricky Ponting in the list of most ODI hundreds with his 31st ton. In the third ODI, Kohli scored 113 runs off 106 balls.

Tendulkar tops the list with 49 hundreds and he is also the leading run-getter in the format.

Kohli had a quiet series against the Australians by his standards but he is back to his best against the Kiwis.

(With inputs from PTI)