Kohli fastest to score 5000 ODI runs

NEW DELHI: India's batting mainstay Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 5000 runs in one-day internationals when he scored 86 against West Indies in the first ODI in Kochi on Thursday.

Kohli achieved the feat in just 120 matches and 114 innings. He has so far amassed 5005 runs, which included 17 centuries and 27 fifties in his short career.

In terms of innings, Kohli has equalled the record of Sir Viv Richards of West Indies, who also achieved the feat in 114 innings way back in 1987 but it was Viv's 126th match.

Before Kohli, former captain Sourav Ganguly was the fastest to achieve the feat among Indian batsmen in 131 matches and 126 innings.

Fastest to 5000 Runs
Batsman	Opposition	Match Date	Matches	Innings
Virat Kohli (IND)	West Indies	21 Nov 2013	120	114
	England	30 Jan 1987	126	114
	South Africa	3 Nov 1997	120	118
	Pakistan	13 Nov 1990	122	121
	England	28 Aug 2012	129	124
	Pakistan	25 Jan 2000	131	126
	Zimbabwe	14 Mar 1992	131	128
	Bangladesh	14 Mar 2008	133	131
	South Africa	24 Mar 2007	137	133
	West Indies	7 Feb 2001	153	135

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Shweta Pandey

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