<p class="title">India captain Virat Kohli Thursday became the fastest batsman to reach 20,000 international runs, eclipsing batting greats Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kohli broke the long-standing feat held jointly by Tendulkar and Lara during India's World Cup encounter against West Indies here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kohli reached the milestone in only his 417th international innings, while Tendulkar and Lara, both retired now, took 453 innings each. </p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>List of players who have reached 20,000 international runs</strong></p>.<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Player</strong></td> <td><strong>Matches</strong></td> <td><strong>Innings</strong></td> <td><strong>Year</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Virat Kohli*</td> <td>376</td> <td>417</td> <td>2019</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sachin Tendulkar</td> <td>402</td> <td>453</td> <td>2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kumar Sangakkara</td> <td>448</td> <td>501</td> <td>2012</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ricky Ponting</td> <td>399</td> <td>464</td> <td>2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mahela Jayawardene</td> <td>495</td> <td>550</td> <td>2011</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jacques Kallis</td> <td>417</td> <td>491</td> <td>2009</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Rahul Dravid</td> <td>437</td> <td>492</td> <td>2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Brian Lara</td> <td>372</td> <td>453</td> <td>2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sanath Jayasuriya</td> <td>537</td> <td>603</td> <td>2008</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Shivnarine Chanderpaul</td> <td>439</td> <td>526</td> <td>2013</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Inzamam-ul-Haq</td> <td>479</td> <td>527</td> <td>2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td>AB de Villiers</td> <td>420</td> <td>483</td> <td>2018</td> </tr> </tbody></table>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>*Virat Kohli is the only active player in this list</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Prior to Thursday's match, Kohli was 37 runs short of the milestone and reached the feat with a single off West Indies skipper Jason Holder in the 25th over of the India innings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kohli, thus, became the 12th batsman and third Indian after Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid to reach 20,000 international runs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 30-year-old India captain has so far accumulated 11,549 runs in Tests, besides 1647 runs in T20 cricket.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His runs tally in ODIs prior to Thursday's match stood at 11903.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Besides this, Kohli also became only the third captain in the history of the World Cup to register four consecutive 50-plus scores.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The other skippers to attain this feat are Graeme Smith (in 2007) and Aaron Finch (2019). </p>
<p class="title">India captain Virat Kohli Thursday became the fastest batsman to reach 20,000 international runs, eclipsing batting greats Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kohli broke the long-standing feat held jointly by Tendulkar and Lara during India's World Cup encounter against West Indies here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kohli reached the milestone in only his 417th international innings, while Tendulkar and Lara, both retired now, took 453 innings each. </p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>List of players who have reached 20,000 international runs</strong></p>.<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Player</strong></td> <td><strong>Matches</strong></td> <td><strong>Innings</strong></td> <td><strong>Year</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Virat Kohli*</td> <td>376</td> <td>417</td> <td>2019</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sachin Tendulkar</td> <td>402</td> <td>453</td> <td>2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kumar Sangakkara</td> <td>448</td> <td>501</td> <td>2012</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ricky Ponting</td> <td>399</td> <td>464</td> <td>2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mahela Jayawardene</td> <td>495</td> <td>550</td> <td>2011</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jacques Kallis</td> <td>417</td> <td>491</td> <td>2009</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Rahul Dravid</td> <td>437</td> <td>492</td> <td>2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Brian Lara</td> <td>372</td> <td>453</td> <td>2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sanath Jayasuriya</td> <td>537</td> <td>603</td> <td>2008</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Shivnarine Chanderpaul</td> <td>439</td> <td>526</td> <td>2013</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Inzamam-ul-Haq</td> <td>479</td> <td>527</td> <td>2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td>AB de Villiers</td> <td>420</td> <td>483</td> <td>2018</td> </tr> </tbody></table>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>*Virat Kohli is the only active player in this list</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Prior to Thursday's match, Kohli was 37 runs short of the milestone and reached the feat with a single off West Indies skipper Jason Holder in the 25th over of the India innings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kohli, thus, became the 12th batsman and third Indian after Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid to reach 20,000 international runs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 30-year-old India captain has so far accumulated 11,549 runs in Tests, besides 1647 runs in T20 cricket.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His runs tally in ODIs prior to Thursday's match stood at 11903.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Besides this, Kohli also became only the third captain in the history of the World Cup to register four consecutive 50-plus scores.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The other skippers to attain this feat are Graeme Smith (in 2007) and Aaron Finch (2019). </p>