One day cricket has some very key milestones reached by teams and individuals over the years. The game has seen people grow from novice to good cricketers to greats of the game. Whenever we look back to the achievements of these greats we learn that only sky is the limit for the learners. Here, we’ll talk about the 5 cricketers who reached fastest to 9000 ODI runs.
5. Brian Lara
The West Indies great, who has scored the highest individual score in test cricket, is on the fifth spot of the list of cricketers who reached fastest to 9000 ODI runs. Lara, the record machine from Caribbeans, scored his 9000th run in his 246th match and 239th ODI innings.
The Wisden Leading Cricketer of the year 1994 , Brian, reached this feat on January 14, 2005 at the VB Series match against hosts Australia at Melbourne. Lara would go on to score a gritty half century in this match in a losing cause.
4. Sachin Tendulkar
The god of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, is on the fourth spot of the list of cricketers who reached fastest to 9000 ODI runs. Tendulkar, the greatest to walk on a cricket pitch in last 3 decades, scored his 9000th run in his 242nd match and 235th ODI innings.
When Sachin reached this milestone, he was the fastest to do so and the record stayed with him for almost four years when his fellow team mate & opening partner would overpass him to be the fastest to 9000th ODI run. The Wisden Leading Cricketer of the year 1997, Sachin, reached this feat on March 19, 2000 at a home ODI series match against touring South Africa at Nagpur. Sachin would go on to score a, gritty, more than run a ball half century in this match in a losing cause.
3. Sourav Ganguly
The CEAT cricketer of the year 2000, Sourav Ganguly, is on the third spot of the list of cricketers who reached fastest to 9000 ODI runs. Dada (or Big Brother in Bengali), as called by fellow cricketers & fans, scored his 9000th run in his 236th match and 228th ODI innings.
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The former Indian Skipper reached this feat on January 9, 2004 at a VB Series at Melbourne against hosts Australia. Ganguly would go on to score a, gritty, 83 ball 82 in a losing cause. When Ganguly scored his 9000th run, he was the fastest to this tally and this record of his would stay rooted for another thirteen years before an AB de Villiers tally would overpass it.
2. AB de Villiers
The Cricketer who would be a part of the ICC ODI team of the year multiple times in last 5 years of his career, ABD, is on the second spot of the list of cricketers who reached fastest to 9000 ODI runs. The ICC ODI Player of the year 2010, de Villiers, scored his 9000th run in his 214th match and 205th ODI innings.
The former Proteas Skipper reached this feat on February 25, 2017 at Westpac Stadium, Wellington against hosts New Zealand. de Villiers would go on to score a 80 ball 85 in a winning cause.
1. Virat Kohli
The ICC ODI Player of the year 2017 is atop the list of cricketers who reached fastest to 9000 ODI runs. The Captain Courageous, as called by fans for his captaincy decisions, scored his 9000th run in his 202nd match and 194th ODI innings.
The Indian Skipper reached this feat on October 29, 2017 at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur against a visiting New Zealand team. Kohli would go on to score a, gritty, 106 ball 113 in a winning cause. Kohli overpassed AB de Villiers while putting his listings onto this record, a record which stayed with de Villiers for only 8 months.