Asia Cup 2023: Virat Kohli turns into quickest to achieve 13,000 ODI runs, smashes ton

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India batter Virat Kohli grew to become the quickest to achieve 13,000 ODI runs through the Asia Cup Super 4 conflict towards arch-rival Pakistan on the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Monday.

The 34-year-old bettered the document of fellow Indian veteran Sachin Tendulkar (321 innings), by attaining the feat in simply 277 innings. Kohli received to the landmark with a double off Shaheen Afridi.

Kohli added a cherry on prime with a century. He reached his forty seventh ton in ODIs, off the following ball.

Additionally, with this century, Kohli has now scored 4 consecutive 100s at this stadium, the joint-most highest centuries at a single venue alongside South African nice Hashim Amla. The different three tons have been towards Sri Lanka— two of which got here in 2017 and one in 2012.

The match was referred to as off on Sunday owing to extreme rain with India stranded at 147/2 in 24.1 overs and needed to be moved to order day. Kohli and KL Rahul each began cautiously however gained management of the match, staying unbeaten at 198 runs for the third wicket partnership.