‘It’s like breaking Usain Bolt’s 100m record by two seconds’ – Reactions to Virat Kohli’s 10,000 runs in ODIs

Virat Kohli on Wednesday scaled another peak by becoming the fastest to 10,000 runs in ODI cricket, surpassing the previous record held by batting legend Sachin Tendulkar.

Kohli reached the milestone in only is 205th innings, 54 less than Tendulkar who is the first to the landmark in ODIs.

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Kohli went past him in record time during the second ODI against West Indies in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday when he got a single towards long-on in the 37th over. He follows Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni and Rahul Dravid as the fifth Indian to 10,000 ODI runs and is the 13th batsman overall.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

King Kohli pic.twitter.com/tNIJxt62ae

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 24, 2018

To give you an idea of how much better Virat Kohli is than other great ODI players: him scoring 10,000 ODI runs in 205 innings—54 faster than the next best—is proportionately equivalent to breaking Usain Bolt’s 100m record by exactly 2.00 seconds (100m in 7.58 seconds). #INDvWI

— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) October 24, 2018

Exactly why he is the !! #Fact https://t.co/oE1vhsZtAq

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) October 24, 2018

10,000 ODI RUNS! @imvKohli reaches the milestone in his 205th ODI innings – 54 innings quicker than @sachin_rt. Simply outstanding!

The greatest ODI batsman of all time? #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/Px7L3EIoLa

— ICC (@ICC) October 24, 2018

Congratulations to @imVkohli to achieve milestone of 10000 runs in ODI cricket , Great player & Humble human , u entertaining all fans of cricket with ur Skills , Passion & determination , stay blessed

— Mohammad Hafeez (@MHafeez22) October 24, 2018

ODI runs and in no time!! Congratulations on the record @imVkohli #Virat10k

— Jasprit bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93) October 24, 2018

The fastest player to 10,000 ODI runs.

Congratulations, @imVkohli! #LoveLords pic.twitter.com/mozi6uy9JD

— Lord’s Cricket Ground (@HomeOfCricket) October 24, 2018

Fastest 10k odi runs.Legendary stuff from #ViratKohli

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) October 24, 2018

Fewest inns to 10000 ODI runs…
Inns (Mts) Batsman Achieved on
205 (213) Virat Kohli 24 Oct 2018
259 (266) Sachin Tendulkar 31 Mar 2001#IndvWI
13th batman & 5th Indian

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) October 24, 2018

Well done @imVkohli on becoming he fastest man to 10,000 runs What is next on your list to off? #INDvWIN

— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) October 24, 2018

Virat Kohli becomes the quickest to reach 10,000 ODI runs in just 205 innings.
Just to put his performance in the perspective, the most runs any one else has scored after 205 innings are 9,080 by AB de Villiers.#INDvWI

— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) October 24, 2018

List of records Virat Kohli will have in his name when he retires. pic.twitter.com/IA15DoRcXG

— Gajender Singh (@gajender00) October 24, 2018