Kanpur, Oct 29 (PTI) Virat Kohli today became the sixthIndian and the fastest to complete 9000 ODI runs during theseries-deciding third game against New Zealand here today.
Kohli got to the landmark in the 37th over when he guidedone off Grandhomme towards the third man for a four.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni had reached the milestone last yearwhile other Indians who have done so are Sachin Tendulkar,Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Mohammad Azharuddin.
Another milestone was reaching his 49th internationalcentury surpassing Rahul Dravid (48 tons). He is second amongIndian batsmen in terms of international hundreds after SachinTendulkar (100 tons).
Overall, Kohli, who played his 202nd innings today, hasbecome the 19th batsman to breach the 9000-run mark, makinghim the fastest to get there.
Earlier in the series, the Indian captain had surpassedAustralian great Ricky Ponting in the list of most ODIhundreds with his 31st ton.
Tendulkar tops the list with 49 hundreds and he is alsothe leading run-getter in the format.
Kohli had a quiet series against the Australians by hisstandards but he is back to his best against the Black Caps.
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