Yesterday; Skipper Virat Kohli became the fastest batsmen to make 8000 runs in One day international’s bettering the record of South African Skipper AB de Villiers who took 182 innings. Kohli hit 96 not out score against Bangladesh in the Semi Final’s and beat them by 9 wickets and helped his team to through the finals which India will take on Pakistan on 18th June 2017 on Sunday. Virat Kohli was born on 5th Nov 1988 and brought up in Delhi, India.
Kholi made ODI debut in 2008 after Indian team win the Under 19 world cup in Malaysia in his captaincy. In current scenario he is the captain of Indian team in all formats of International Cricket. Virat Kohli is best known for chasing the score as he is the one of the greatest chaser. About his early life Kholi said that he has seen many up and downs in his life; loosing father in his early age. He added that his father was his big supporter and was the one who support him to play cricket and supported his cricket training and he miss him very much.
Fastest 8000 runs in ODI’s
| Player | OPP | Mat | Inns | Venue | Match Date |
| V Kohli (IND) | BAN | 183 | 175 | Birmingham | 15-Jun-17 |
| AB de Villiers (SA) | NZ | 190 | 182 | Durban | 26-Aug-15 |
| SC Ganguly (IND) | WI | 208 | 200 | Nagpur | 09-Nov-02 |
| SR Tendulkar (IND) | PAK | 217 | 210 | Manchester | 08-Jun-99 |
| BC Lara (WI) | AUS | 216 | 211 | St George’s | 01-Jun-03 |
| MS Dhoni (IND) | NZ | 243 | 214 | Wellington | 31-Jan-14 |
| Saeed Anwar (PAK) | SL | 221 | 218 | Sharjah | 13-Apr-01 |
| DL Haynes (WI) | PAK | 220 | 219 | Johannesburg | 27-Feb-93 |
| RT Ponting (AUS) | ENG | 225 | 220 | Chester-le-Street | 23-Jun-05 |
| CH Gayle (WI) | BAN | 226 | 221 | Dhaka | 04-Mar-11 |
Virat Kohli Career Stats
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | SR | Avg | 100 | 50 |
| Tests | 57 | 97 | 6 | 4497 | 8058 | 235 | 55.8 | 16 |
| ODIs | 183 | 175 | 28 | 8008 | 8796 | 183 | 91.04 | 27 |
| T20Is | 48 | 44 | 12 | 1709 | 1268 | 90* | 134.77 | 0 |
