Virat Kohli became the fastest player to reach 25 thousand runs in international cricket on Sunday, scoring 12 in Indias second innings against Australia iin the Delhi Test. Kohli played 549 international innings to surpass 25,000 runs, while the legend Sachin Tendulkar achieved this in 577 innings. Followed by Ricky Ponting who was on second position and scored the 25,000-mark in 588 innings, legendary all-rounder Jacques Kallis in 594 innings.Virat Kohli is the second Indian after Sachin Tendulkar and sixth batter overall to achieve the feat. Kohli was 52 runs short for achieving this mark before the start of the second test innings between India and Australia. He scored 44 runs after the first innings on February 18, and by making eight more runs on the second day, he joined the elite list of the batters who scored 25,000 plus runs in international innings of their career.The Delhi Test at Arun Jaitley Stadium is where Virat Kohlis 491st international match, and 549th innings is been played. He is the second one to join the elite club after Sachin Tendulkar in India to score the 25,000 mark.Virat Kohli is the only player with a combined batting average of more than 50 among batters who have scored more than 25,000 runs. In the Delhi Test, he scored 44 runs in the first innings. He has scored 12809 runs in 271 ODIs at an average of 57.69 and 4008 runs at an average of 52.73 in 115 T20Is. He now has 8212 runs in 106 Test matches.The twitter is flooded with wishes to Virat Kohli, including the official Twitter page of ICC Congratulated the dashing batsman and wrote, “Yet another milestone to Virat Kohlis name. 25000 International Runs.”The top-five runs in the history of the sport are Indias Sachin Tendulkar (34,357), Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara (28,016), Australian batting legend Ricky Ponting (27,483), Sri Lankas Mahela Jayawardene (25,957) and South African all-round great Jacques Kallis (25,534).Virat Kohlis CareerVirat Kohli is a right-handed top order batsman. He has made 74 centuries in international cricket, 27 in test cricket, 46 in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and one in Twenty20 internationals as of January 2023.Kohli made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in August 2008, and scored his first century the following year when he made 107 against the same team at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. He made his test debut in 2011 against the West Indies and scored his first century in the format during the Australian tour in January 2012. Virat Kohli lasted as captain of Indian cricket team from 2014 to 2022. He announced that he will be stepping down as Indias T20I captain after the T20 World Cup in 2021.Kohli has received many accolades for his achievements in cricket. Also, at the national level, Kohli was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 2013, the Padma Shri under the sports category in 2017 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, Indias highest sporting honour, in 2018.Virat Kohlis net worthHis total earnings are primarily based on social media. Along with this, Virat Kohli takes approximately Rs 30 lakh to Rs 35 lakh for Instagram promotion of any company. Virat Kohlis net worth is around Rs 1155 crores. He also receives a hefty amount from brand endorsements as well. Virat Kohli has also worked as the brand ambassador of well-known companies in many brands such as Puma, MRF Tires, Volvo Line, Uber India, Idea India, American Tourister, Philips India, Manyavar.Sachin Tendulkars scoreSachin Tendulkar is a former Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.Sachin Tendulkar was made captain of India in the year 1996. In 73 ODIs as captain, he has managed to win just 23 matches while the team under his captaincy has lost 43 games.
