India vs Windies 2018: Yuvraj Singh Congratulates 'Phenomenal' Virat Kohli On Reaching 10000 ODI Runs

Updated - 25 Oct 2018, 04:07 PM

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Veteran India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh congratulated Virat Kohli following his entry to 10000 ODI runs club during the second ODI against Windies at Visakhapatnam.

Meanwhile, Kohli entered the elite class when he reached 81 in his innings and becoming the fastest to scale 10,000 ODI runs in terms of innings. Kohli took 205 innings to reach the feat as compared to Tendulkar’s 259. Former India captain Sourav Ganguly finds himself in the third spot, he took 263 innings to bring up the milestone.

Kohli became only the 4th Indian and 13th batsman overall to achieve this feat. The Indian captain also holds the record for the fastest to 8000 and 9000 ODI runs. In addition to, Virat Kohli also became the fastest batsman to notch 10000 runs by time. Kohli (10 years and 66 days) overtook Rahul Dravid (10 years 317 days) and Sachin Tendulkar (11 years and 103 days).

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However, Kohli brought his 37th ODI hundred as India posted 321 runs on the board. He remained unbeaten on 157 runs while Ambati Rayudu chipped in with 73 runs to guide the host to a massive total. However, Shimron Hetmyer and Shai Hope led a terrific comeback to salvage a draw at Visakhapatnam.
Hetmyer smashed 64 balls 94 while Hope remained unbeaten on 123 runs to keep their hopes alive in the series. Windies needed five runs from the last ball as Hope smashed a boundary to seal a draw.

Yuvraj Singh congratulates Virat Kohli

The dashing all-rounder shared high praise for talismanic runscorer as he achieved the milestone. Kohli reached 10000 ODI runs in just 205 innings during the second ODI after reaching 81 runs.

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Yuvraj also termed Kohli’s consistency as unbelievable stuff as he has made a habit of scoring centuries in every game.

What a phenomenal feat to achieve in 200 plus games ! Congratulations Vk for scoring 10 thousand one day international runs. Unbelievable stuff @imVkohli,” Yuvraj Singh tweeted.

 

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