STATS: Virat Kohli aims to become fastest batter to reach 27,000 runs, break Sachin Tendulkar’s record | Cricket News

India batting maestro Virat Kohli continues his quest to become cricket’s ultimate run-scorer as he narrows the lead held Sachin Tendulkar with each innings.
Playing in his second Test series for India in 2024, against Bangladesh, the 35-year-old Kohli is nearing 27,000 runs across all formats. Only three players – Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Kumar Sangakkara – have reached the mark before in all cricket.
Tendulkar is currently the quickest batter to reach 27,000 runs, having achieved the mark in 623 innings in 2007. Sri Lankan Sangakkara achieved the mark in 2015 in his 648th innings while Ponting scaled the mark in his 650th outing for Australia.
In February 2023, Kohli had become the fastest batter to 25,000 runs, reaching the mark in 549 innings, 28 quicker than Tendulkar. In October 2023, Kohli went past 26,000 runs as the quickest to the landmark, again bettering Tendulkar 13 innings.
Fastest to 27,000 international runs
623 – Sachin Tendulkar648 – Kumar Sangakkara650 – Ricky Ponting
Most runs in international cricket

Player
Span
Mat
Inns
Runs
HS
Ave
SR
100
50

Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
1989-2013
664
782
34357
248*
48.52
67.58*
100
164

Kumar Sangakkara (Asia/ICC/SL)
2000-2015
594
666
28016
319
46.77
66.56
63
153

Ricky Ponting (AUS/ICC)
1995-2012
560
668
27483
257
45.95
68.48
71
146

Virat Kohli (IND)
2008-2024
534
593
26965
254*
53.18
79.56
80
140

Mahela Jayawardena (Asia/SL)
1997-2015
652
725
25957
374
39.15
64.73
54
136

Jacques Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA)
1995-2014
519
617
25534
224
49.1
56.3
62
149

Rahul Dravid (Asia/ICC/IND)
1996-2012
509
605
24208
270
45.41
51.98
48
146

Brian Lara (ICC/WI)
1990-2007
430
521
22358
400*
46.28
68.08
53
111

Sanath Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)
1989-2011
586
651
21032
340
34.14
81.17
42
103

Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
1994-2015
454
553
20988
203*
45.72
52.27
41
125