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Run-machine Kohli betters Tendulkar's record!
India's run machine Virat Kohli added another record to his name when he became the youngest player to score 15 centuries in One-Day Internationals following his match-winning innings of 115 in the first match against Zimbabwe, at Harare, on Tuesday.
Kohli, 24, bettered the record of Sachin Tendulkar, who had scored his 15th century on his 25th birthday.
Kohli is the quickest to race to the landmark, in terms of least innings and least period since debut.
Youngest players to score 15 centuries in ODIs:
Years | Days | Player | For |
24 | 261 | V Kohli | Ind |
25 | 0 | SR Tendulkar | Ind |
27 | 42 | CH Gayle | WI |
28 | 99 | SC Ganguly | Ind |
28 | 328 | RT Ponting | Aus |
29 | 134 | Saeed Anwar | Pak |
30 | 354 | HH Gibbs | SA |
31 | 151 | JH Kallis | SA |
33 | 49 | V Sehwag | Ind |
33 | 138 | BC Lara | WI |
Run-machine Kohli betters Tendulkar's record!
Kohli is leading India in the ODI series in Zimbabwe in the absence of regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
He is the most consistent batsmen in world cricket, especially in ODIs, over the last few years, and it comes as no surprise that he has taken the least number of innings to get to 15 centuries.
Kohli needed 106 innings to hit 15 centuries, while former Pakistan opener Saeed Anwar is a distant second with 143 innings to reach that landmark.
Quickest to 15 centuries in ODIs (in terms of innings):
Batsman | For | Inns |
Virat Kohli | Ind | 106 |
Saeed Anwar | Pak | 143 |
Sourav Ganguly | Ind | 144 |
Chris Gayle | WI | 147 |
Herschelle Gibbs | SA | 161 |
Desmond Haynes | WI | 166 |
Ricky Ponting | Aus | 180 |
Sachin Tendulkar | Ind | 182 |
Nathan Astle | NZ | 192 |
Brian Lara | WI | 198 |
Run-machine Kohli betters Tendulkar's record!
Kohli also completed another record in terms of the time taken to hit 15 centuries since making his ODI debut.
The right-hander, who played his first One-Dayer in 2008, took four years and 340 days to get 15 centuries in ODIs.
The next best is West Indian master blaster Chris Gayle, who took seven years and 52 days since his debut to hit 15 centuries.
Tendulkar, who has the record for most centuries in ODIs, is third in the list, as he took eight years and 127 days to get to 15 centuries.
Quickest to 15 ODI centuries (in terms of days):
Yrs | Days | Player | For |
4 | 340 | V Kohli | Ind |
7 | 52 | CH Gayle | WI |
8 | 127 | SR Tendulkar | Ind |
8 | 131 | HH Gibbs | SA |
8 | 270 | RT Ponting | Aus |
8 | 278 | SC Ganguly | Ind |
9 | 17 | Saeed Anwar | Pak |