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Virat Kohli beats Sachin Tendulkar in becoming fastest to 10,000: Twitterati salute King Kohli

Run Machine Virat Kohli became the fastest man to reach 10,000 one-day international runs on Wednesday (October 24) to surpass his idol Sachin Tendulkar's record.

Virat Kohli beats Sachin Tendulkar in becoming fastest to 10,000: Twitterati salute King Kohli

New Delhi, Oct 24: Run Machine Virat Kohli became the fastest man to reach 10,000 one-day international runs on Wednesday (October 24) to surpass his idol Sachin Tendulkar's record as India put up another exhibition of batting against West Indies.

Kohli went into the second match of the series in Visakhapatnam needing 81 runs to become the 13th man - and the fifth Indian - to reach the milestone in the 50-over game.

The 29-year-old was untroubled by the West Indies attack as he achieved the feat in his 205th inning - 54 fewer than the legendary Sachin Tendulkar.

A routine single to long-on off the bowling of Ashley Nurse saw Kohli reach the landmark, the man most see as the world's best batsman raising his arms to the sky as he took in the adulation of the adoring home crowd.

Tendulkar is well clear at the top of the list of highest ODI run scorers with 18,426. However, should he continue at his current pace, Kohli - still only 29 - will surely surpass that number before the end of his career.

Interestingly, it was MS Dhoni - the previous Indian to enter the elite club before Kohli - who was present at the other end when the right-handed batsman reached the milestone.

Here's how the cricketing world reacted to Kohli's record-breaking feat on Twitter:

Story first published: Wednesday, October 24, 2018, 18:35 [IST]
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