Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is God of Cricket. he debuts in international cricket at just 16 years old. in 24 years, career Tendulkar make 100 international centuries with 51 Test Centuries and 49 ODI Centuries.
In Modern Cricket Virat Kohli established himself as one of the best batsmen of his generation. Chase master Kohli has scored a total 80 international centuries with 29 Test Centuries,50 One Day International (ODI) Centuries and 1 T20 International Century.
Recently King Kohli become fastest batsman to reach 27,000 international runs, in just 594 innings, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s previous record of 623 innings.
Here’s a list of records previously held by Sachin Tendulkar that Virat Kohli has now broken.
- Highest ODI Rating for an Indian Batter: 889 in 2017, surpassing Sachin’s record of 887 set in 1997.
- Fastest to 10,000 ODI Runs: Achieved in 205 innings, breaking Sachin’s record of 259 innings.
- Fastest to 12,000 ODI Runs: Reached in 242 innings, eclipsing Sachin’s previous record of 300 innings.
- Fastest to 30 ODI Centuries: Completed in 186 innings, beating Sachin’s record of 267 innings.
- Fastest to 40 ODI Centuries: Achieved in 216 innings, surpassing Sachin’s record of 355 innings.
- Most ODI Centuries in History: 50 centuries, breaking Sachin’s record of 49.
- Fastest to 20,000 International Runs: Reached in 417 innings, surpassing Sachin and Brian Lara’s record of 454 innings.
- Fastest to 23,000 International Runs: Achieved in 490 innings, beating Sachin’s record of 512 innings.
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- Fastest to 27,000 International Runs: Completed in 594 innings, surpassing Sachin’s record of 623 innings.
- Fastest to 50 International Centuries: Achieved in 348 innings, breaking Sachin’s record of 376 innings.
- Most Runs in an ODI World Cup: Scored 765 runs in the 2023 World Cup, surpassing Sachin’s previous best of 673 runs in the 2003 World Cup.
- Most Years Scoring 2000+ International Runs by an Indian: Accomplished 7 times, breaking Sachin’s record of 5 times.
- Most Years Scoring 1000+ ODI Runs: Achieved 8 times, surpassing Sachin’s record of 7 times.
- Most 50+ Scores in a Single ODI World Cup: Achieved 8 times in the 2023 World Cup, breaking Sachin’s record of 7 in the 2003 World Cup.
- Most Runs by an Indian in ICC White-Ball Tournaments: Scored 3054 runs, surpassing Sachin’s record of 2719 runs.
- Most International Centuries in Winning Causes: 56 centuries, breaking Sachin’s record of 53.
- Most Man of the Series Awards: 21 awards, surpassing Sachin’s total of 20.
- Most Man of the Match Awards in ICC Tournaments: 11 awards, breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 10.
Sachin Tendulkar said in an event of Star Sports that only two players can break his record in international cricket and both are Indians. According to him, his first choice is Virat Kohli and second choice is Rohit Sharma.
Sachin Tendulkar considered Virat Kohli as his first choice. Recently, with an innings of 47 runs against Bangladesh, Virat Kohli broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 623 innings by scoring 27000 international runs in 524 innings.












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