Virat Kohli 58 Runs Away From Breaking Sachin Tendulkar's World Record

Virat Kohli needs 58 runs to break Sachin Tendulkar's record of fastest to 27000 international runs. Tendulkar achieved the feat in 623 innings. If Kohli can score 58 runs in eight or fewer innings, he will become the first batsman in the world to score 27000 runs in less than 600 innings.

01 / 07
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Virat Kohli On Cusp Of History

Virat Kohli is arguably the greatest cricketer of the modern era. He has dominated world cricket ever since he made his debut and is now very close to breaking Sachin Tendulkar's historic record.

02 / 07
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Virat Kohli Eyes Sachin Tendulkar's World Record

Virat Kohli has already broken Sachin Tendulkar's record of most hundreds in ODIs and is chasing his record of 100 international centuries. That, however, will take time but if he can score 58 runs, Kohli can break a massive Tendulkar record.

03 / 07
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Fastest To 27000 International Runs

The record we are talking about is fastest to 27000 international runs and Kohli is so close to going past Tendulkar.

04 / 07
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Not A Tough Ask For Virat Kohli

Tendulkar is the fastest to reach 27,000 runs international cricket - 623 innings (226 Test innings, 396 ODI innings, 1 T20I innings). Kohli so far has played 591 innings across formats scoring 26942 runs. Kohli needs to score 58 runs in eight innings to go past Tendulkar.

05 / 07
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Kohli Will Look To Claim The Feat vs Bangladesh

India will play Bangladesh in a two-match Test series and Kohli will look to break the record during the series.

06 / 07
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Other Legends In The List

​So far, apart from Tendulkar, Australia's Ricky Ponting and Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara have over 27000 runs in international cricket.​

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India vs Bangladesh

The India vs Bangladesh Series Gets underway on September 19.

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