Virat Kohli should score 37 runs so as to turn into the quickest batsman to score 20,000 universal runs when he faces the West Indies during their World Cup tie at the Old Trafford on Thursday. Kohli as of now has 19,963 runs to his name and is only 37 runs shy of the record that incredible Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar holds alongside West Indies extraordinary Brian Lara.
On the off chance that Kohli figures out how to score 37 keeps running against Windies, he will achieve the 20,000-global run achievement in 416 innings (131 in Tests, 223 in ODIs and 62 in T20Is). Tendulkar and Lara, both had achieved the achievement in 453 innings, trailed by previous Australian captain Ricky Ponting who scored 20,000 keeps running in 468 innings.
He will end up being the twelfth batsman to this milestone and the third Indian after Tendulkar (34,357 runs) and Rahul Dravid (24,208 runs). The 30-year-old run-machine has been in incredible structure in the continuous competition.
In the wake of getting out inexpensively against South Africa in the World Cup opener, Kohli scored 82 keeps running against Australia, 77 against Pakistan and 67 against Afghanistan. Curiously, during the innings against Pakistan at Old Trafford on June 16, Kohli additionally turned into the quickest batsman to score 11,000 ODI runs.