Virat Kohli fastest-ever to reach 10,000 ODI runs

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Virat Kohli fastest-ever to reach 10,000 ODI runs

AFP Published October 24, 2018

India's captain Virat Kohli raises his bat to celebrate scoring 10,000 runs in ODI's during the second one-day international cricket match between India and West Indies in Visakhapatnam, on Wednesday. — AP

Virat Kohli gesture towards stands after complete their innings during the second ODI against West Indies. —AFP

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India's skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday became the fastest-ever batsmen to reach 10,000 One-day International (ODI) runs, making history in his 205th innings against the West Indies in Visakhapatnam.

The 29-year-old surpassed fellow Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar, who first crossed the 10,000-run mark in 259 innings in 2001.

Kohli, playing his 213th ODI, took a single off spinner Ashley Nurse to reach the milestone.

He is just the 13th batsman, and fifth Indian, to join the elite list.

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Ali

Oct 24, 2018 04:08pm

Legend. Exceptional talent. Kohli Pakistan love you.

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Fahim Khalil

Oct 24, 2018 04:11pm

Our Batsmen should have to learn from Kholi , appetite for making big runs is the art which our batsmen have to adopt on very urgent basis.

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Bpd

Oct 24, 2018 04:13pm

Great

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Ganesh

Oct 24, 2018 04:17pm

Amazing numbers from top class batsman. 5 out of 13 itself explains...

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Murtaza Ahmed Ali

Oct 24, 2018 04:22pm

Great Cricketer of the Century.

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Dr. WHO

Oct 24, 2018 04:27pm

India the world superpower and cricket powerhouse

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Kamal

Oct 24, 2018 04:30pm

When it comes to batting India stands tall, cut above rest.

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shiv@uk

Oct 24, 2018 04:33pm

Many Congratulations! Deserve to be no:1 batsman in ODI and Test

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syed

Oct 24, 2018 04:36pm

One of the best Batsmen to grace this beautiful game of cricket...

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Faisal

Oct 24, 2018 04:38pm

Congrats Kohli.

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Jitendra

Oct 24, 2018 04:45pm

Now....nobody should have any doubt that who is the best batsman alive in the world today.

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Kunal, Gurgaon

Oct 24, 2018 04:47pm

Truly a run machine. Simply unstoppable.

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Greatest Captain?

Oct 24, 2018 05:02pm

Kohli has proved himself a one of the greatest batsmen by being fastest scorer of 10,000 runs, but he hasn't yet proved to be the greatest captain of India or of the world.

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Yash

Oct 24, 2018 05:03pm

What a pleasure he is to watch batting.

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Balram Sharma

Oct 24, 2018 05:05pm

Let's salute his hard work and dedication apart from the natural talent he has.....

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K barathi

Oct 24, 2018 05:06pm

His committment is amazing. Even in the last over after batting for forty six overs he makes a full length dive.sky is the limit for him. Happy to see so many Pakistan cricket fans love him.

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Zlatan

Oct 24, 2018 05:07pm

Great player King Kohli . Every day with the same intensity , hats off to him.

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Swapnil pokhariyal

Oct 24, 2018 05:07pm

Kohli takes 116 few innings than Sachin to smash his 37 century

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Nitin Sharma

Oct 24, 2018 05:08pm

Sheer masterclass..this guy is far beyond being exceptional..Sacrifice, dedication, skill, humility, and that Dilli ka launda emotion personified!

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moiz

Oct 24, 2018 05:10pm

what a player. its just maddeness if hes able to play anothet 5 to 6 years. true professional. works hard on his fitness off the field. have no words to cherish this guy...iam a pakistani but this guy is my favourite all the way.

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CHELFLS

Oct 24, 2018 05:14pm

He also scored 1000 runs in an year(2018) in just 11 ODIs .

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Pervez

Oct 24, 2018 05:18pm

Great performance Viru!

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Shubham

Oct 24, 2018 05:20pm

everyone already knows he is an Indian

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Narendra

Oct 24, 2018 05:21pm

Dawn is so quick in covering Virat Kohli' s 10 K story. Really adorable and it shows how Virat Kohli is being followed by huge number fans in Pakistan as well. Congratulations Kohli and thumbs up to the Dawn !!

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mohanganesh

Oct 24, 2018 05:33pm

amazing talent.unbelievable commitment.

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Salman

Oct 24, 2018 05:34pm

Congratulations from Pakistan. Well deserved !!

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ROHIT PANDEY

Oct 24, 2018 05:34pm

In little trickles, Indian sportsmen and women in fields other than cricket are making their mark. Hope to see Indian talent blossom in other fields. Congratulations, Kohli for an exceptional performance.

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Texas

Oct 24, 2018 06:01pm

What percentage of his runs were scores in India?

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Aviral Ashok

Oct 24, 2018 06:08pm

@Texas How does it matter?

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Nitin

Oct 24, 2018 06:16pm

1000 ODI runs in a calendar year is not a uncommon thing. But never seen 1000 runs in only 11 innings that too with massive average of 146 is just like miraculous thing for sure.... If he continues this in Test & ODI for next 6-7 years then he will be surely challenging the crickets only wonder none other than Don Bradman.

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Omar

Oct 24, 2018 06:16pm

@Fahim Khalil Much better than tendulkar, NO DOUBT.

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Imran A.

Oct 24, 2018 06:21pm

Love this guy... kudos to your professionalism.

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Nitin

Oct 24, 2018 06:32pm

@Texas No matter if Kohli is playing in Home or Away... Class is Class. For your knowledge before West Indies series his Home & Away record in ODI is almost same. Home- Matches 80 , Runs 3970, Avg. 59.25 whereas Away- Matches 132 , Runs 5949, Avg. 58.32 He is a champion player.

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Dev

Oct 24, 2018 06:51pm

He can only be compared with Sir Don Bradman, congratulations King, keep it up...

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Rajesh

Oct 24, 2018 06:57pm

I think I should keep reading Dawn to get news about Kohli .... Super speedy reporting regarding Kohli.

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Mitzvah Kehimkar, Beersheba, Israel

Oct 24, 2018 06:58pm

Israeli cricketer Aron Talekar will break his records.

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Khany

Oct 24, 2018 07:03pm

Kohl will be the the greatest batsman of all time, overtaking all the legends. It's wrong to compare Sachin Tendulkar, Saeed Anwar, Viv Richards, etc... to the batsmen in this generation. Todays Cricket has evolved due to T20 format. If the T20 format started in 80s. Then it would have been fair to compare today's players. Batting sides in the 90s onwards would have broken records of runs if the sport T20 evolved at the time. Even the bowling side of the 90s were far superior to today's era.

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ROHIT PANDEY

Oct 24, 2018 07:21pm

@Mitzvah Kehimkar, Beersheba, Israel Talekar? Is he of Maharashtrian descent?:)

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Raj

Oct 24, 2018 07:33pm

He needs to perform consistently with the whole team to make a difference, only time will tell.

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citizen

Oct 24, 2018 07:43pm

someday our Babar will overtake Kohli...

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RealKhan

Oct 24, 2018 07:58pm

India has best Batsmen and Best Bowlers now!

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Iqbal Ashraf

Oct 24, 2018 08:08pm

@Raj who which whole team you need him to perform?

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Right Voice

Oct 24, 2018 08:17pm

@ROHIT PANDEY Yes there are maharashtrian Jews who have local names. Many migrated to Israel but some still continue to live in India.

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PakZindabaad

Oct 24, 2018 08:17pm

One of the best !!! We love Mr. & Mrs. Kohli :)

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ZulfAnsari

Oct 24, 2018 08:23pm

Many congrats to the one and only King Kohli. Love and respect from Pakistan.

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brr

Oct 24, 2018 08:29pm

He is a phenomenon

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Kahaf

Oct 24, 2018 08:34pm

This man is unstoppable.

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Lilly

Oct 24, 2018 08:39pm

@Greatest Captain? Next mission is that.

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Omair

Oct 24, 2018 08:43pm

This is guy is at a different level altogether. I have not seen anyone win more matches for his country

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sangan

Oct 24, 2018 09:23pm

@moiz Great to know. Great players are loved worldwide. Imran Khan and Wassim Akram have many fans in India.

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Nileshpot

Oct 24, 2018 09:31pm

Pakistan have produced excellent bowlers and India has produced excellent batsman... I wonder combined our team would be unbeatable ..

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A shah

Oct 24, 2018 10:00pm

Class is class

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riz1

Oct 24, 2018 10:01pm

@Greatest Captain? "hasn't yet proved to be the greatest captain of India or of the world" India's greatest captain across formats till date has been the one and only Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Kohli is slowly breaking MSD's captaincy records, so it will take a while before we can judge their captaincy prowess. Patience.

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Bret

Oct 24, 2018 10:08pm

King Kohli is Avg. over 100 in odi this year.....

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Raman

Oct 24, 2018 10:22pm

Mr. Virat Kohli, if you bat like his then we all are seeing Sachin Tendulkar in our rear view mirror!

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Indian

Oct 24, 2018 10:36pm

Well all those praising Indian batting must remember we lost 4-1 to England because of our batting only .Kohli is great but not good enough to make us win in England or SA

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Syed Jafri

Oct 24, 2018 11:28pm

This guy is genius, super human. What a player , what a human being and what a role model. His parents must be very proud of him so as his countrymen. There are 3 things in India, we Pakistani can die for, 1) Mr. Amitabh Bacchan 2) Madam Lata and this crazy batsman, Kohli, Love you man!!!

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Anil B Das

Oct 24, 2018 11:32pm

Great batsman Kohli and equally impressed by the wholehearted support from cricket fans in Pakistan for an Indian player's achievement. Love you guys

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Anil B Das

Oct 24, 2018 11:35pm

@citizen Some day our Babar will overtake Kohli. Sure man. Hope he does so, would love to watch him

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ISPR ZAK

Oct 24, 2018 11:37pm

@Indian One man makes a team? So that is your idea of cricket? hahahahahaha....

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GIRISH

Oct 25, 2018 12:05am

@Indian . It is a collective responsibility of team as a whole and not an individual sport. Kohli contibuted well however support from other batters were found to be lacking. All said and done, the record that he will create at the end of his career will be extremely difficult to beat.

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Sandip

Oct 25, 2018 01:00am

More than India now Virat is a star of this subcontinent. He got admirer all over the world.

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Oct 25, 2018 01:03am

All these runs only because he hasn't faced the ferocious and dynamic bowlers of Pakistan, we have much better batsman ,we just don't showoff

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Pak_UK

Oct 25, 2018 01:52am

Great limited overs batsman.. respect from Pakistan.

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Oct 25, 2018 03:25am

There is a good chance that Kohli could off stage Tendulkar by the end of his career as the best after the Bradman era. And I'm looking forward to it!

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hassan sheikh

Oct 25, 2018 04:05am

Kohli is simply master class !!! what an athlete. Congrats

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Syed Anjum Ali

Oct 25, 2018 06:14am

One of the top batsmen of all time. Wishing him all the best for the future .

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Rahul

Oct 25, 2018 07:58am

@ISPR ZAK I think, we know, what others did to Pakistan in Asia Cup without Kohli.

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Ajay Kumar

Oct 25, 2018 08:04am

@Greatest Captain? And the point being ? Sachin himself wasn't a great captain.

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Ajit

Oct 25, 2018 08:08am

@Kamal yes... But apparently after the retirenent of the big 4, Sachin, Saurav, Rahul and Laxmab, this current team except Kohli are batting superpowers only at home. Have we forgotten England thrashing so soon?

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Neptune Srimal

Oct 25, 2018 08:46am

@Pervez There has been only one Viru! Virendra Sehwag!

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Kashif

Oct 25, 2018 09:07am

Kohli is an exceptional batsman, way ahead of all others.

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Nasir Waheed

Oct 25, 2018 09:35am

Virat is a run getting machine. It appears that he may become even a bigger legend of cricket than Sachin Tendulkar.

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Pervez Mehran

Oct 25, 2018 10:41am

Respect and love from Pakistan. Kohli is the truly the best batsman in the world today.

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Zuhaib

Oct 25, 2018 11:33am

I beleive Fakhar Zaman or Babar Azam can break his record his future. Both of them are miles ahead of what Kohli had achieved when he was of their age.

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AKG

Oct 25, 2018 01:58pm

@Zuhaib You're serious, right?

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Pradeep

Oct 25, 2018 02:51pm

@Zuhaib keep dreaming. U can only do that...we believe in performance and big talks...

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Babu

Oct 25, 2018 04:52pm

Congratulations !!! VIRAT

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DeSpun

Oct 25, 2018 05:22pm

Solid batsman and an exceptional talent.

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Sagar

Oct 25, 2018 06:28pm

@Texas - "What percentage of his runs were scores in India?" Around 31%. So what is your divine conclusion?

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Karachiwala

Oct 25, 2018 06:31pm

Take a bow Kohli. But my favorite is Rohit. Hope he reaches there soon too. Good wishes from across the border to both.

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Krishna

Oct 25, 2018 06:49pm

@sangan I don't know about Imran's fan but Wassim Akram for sure. We love Wassim bhai...

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sam

Oct 25, 2018 08:12pm

We have our batsmen.Pak has their bowlers.

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Salman

Oct 25, 2018 08:36pm

Congratulations on your great achievement.

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manish

Oct 25, 2018 08:51pm

we have two good players, Rohit and Virat, one is good in setting target and another good in chasing. but problem is Indian top order not giving enough chance to middle order, so that is an issue in all formats of game. With new number 4 coming , things are going to change, want to see how Pant performs.. dont see same talent as Dhoni..... Once Hardik is back Indian team looks better.

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Ashutosh Mishra

Oct 25, 2018 09:54pm

@PakZindabaad and we Indians here will love you equally deeply for your unabashed love towards our iconic Indian Punjabi couple!!!

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Ash2000

Oct 26, 2018 02:50am

@citizen - good joke. Mr. Babur is struggling to be in your team.

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Daniel madre

Oct 26, 2018 06:43am

@Zuhaib Good for them if they do

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AXH

Oct 26, 2018 07:58am

Virat is a special batsman. It wasn't a surprise that he reached this milestone so quickly. He will set records that will take a long time to break.

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Umer Khan

Oct 26, 2018 09:53am

An inspirational Hero. I have met him and undoubtedly a very humble man.

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citizen

Oct 26, 2018 09:59am

Our Babar azam and Fakar will accomplish the 10000 with much lesser innings than over rated Kohli..Wait and see..

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point of view

Oct 26, 2018 10:23am

@citizen, Forget about 10,000 runs and surpassing Kohli, you should be happy if your Babar Azam and Fakar Zaman play 200 ODI matches. Scoring 10,000 runs is not a joke. In the history of Pakistani cricket only Inzaman Ul-haq scored 11,739 in 350 innings, while India has FIVE players, namely, Sachin Tendulkar (18,426), Sourav Ganguly (11,363), Rahul Dravid (10,889), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (10,123), and Virat Kohli (10,076) who scored 10,000 plus runs

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Anand P

Oct 26, 2018 10:40am

@Khany ,I aggree

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Anand P

Oct 26, 2018 10:40am

I agree

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Hyder

Oct 26, 2018 11:50am

Sir Virat Kohli is a living example of hard work, honesty and integrity. A role model for every Pakistani batsmen currently in the team or playing domestic cricket to learn the work ethics from Kohli and keep on training hard to remain one step ahead of bowlers. Thanks

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Sagar

Oct 26, 2018 11:53am

@Syed Jafri thanks for your love to these Indian

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Pulakeshi

Oct 26, 2018 01:12pm

Most of the runs are scored on flat pitches and these days cricket does not evoke much interest as ballers are treated as 2nd class players.

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Raja Parekh

Oct 26, 2018 01:12pm

Unlike other cricketers, he is not playing against minnows and amassing runs for records.