Delhi’s Virat Kohli performs a shot throughout their Vijay Hazare Trophy match in opposition to Andhra on the BCCI Centre of Excellence Floor 1 in Bengaluru on December 24, 2025. — X/@PRAMODBSG
Virat Kohli set a brand new milestone on Wednesday as he grew to become the quickest participant to succeed in 16,000 Checklist A runs, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar and becoming a member of legendary names like Ricky Ponting and Graham Gooch.
Kohli achieved the distinctive milestone whereas representing Delhi within the Vijay Hazare Trophy match in opposition to Andhra on the BCCI Centre of Excellence Floor 1 earlier right this moment, throughout which he smashed a quickfire century.
His 58th century led him to breach the 16000-run barrier in his 330th Checklist A innings, taking 61 fewer than Tendulkar, who now moved all the way down to second on the elusive listing, that includes Australia’s Ricky Ponting, England’s Graham Gooch and West Indies Gordon Greenidge and Sir Vivian Richards.
Quickest to 16000 Checklist A cricket runsVirat Kohli (India) – 330 inningsSachin Tendulkar (India) – 391 inningsGordon Greenidge (West Indies) – 422 inningsRicky Ponting (Australia) – 430 inningsGraham Gooch (England) – 435 innings
Notably, Virat Kohli now holds the report of being the quickest to every set of 1000 Checklist A runs from 10,000 onwards.
In the meantime, in Wednesday’s Group D match of the Vijay Hazara Trophy between Mumbai and Sikkim, one other former India captain, Rohit Sharma, etched his identify within the historical past books with a monumental 155-run knock.
The suitable-handed batter dominated the Sikkim bowlers, smashing them for 18 fours and 9 sixes on his strategy to a swashbuckling 155 off simply 94 deliveries, serving to Mumbai chase down the modest 237-run goal for the lack of eight wickets and 117 balls to spare.
His monumental knock additionally drew him stage with former Australia cricketer David Warner on the summit of the listing of batters with most 150-plus knocks in Checklist A cricket, as each batters now have 9 such innings to their names.
