South African Batsman AB de Villiers has created a record by scoring the fastest 8000 ODI runs during the third ODI against New Zealand in Durban. He has surpassed the likes of Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara. De Villiers went past 8000 runs in just his 182nd innings, 18 innings quicker than India’s Sourav Ganguly and 28 innings quicker than Sachin Tendulkar, the leading run-scorer in ODIs.
Ganguly scored 8000 runs in his 200th ODI innings against West Indies in Nagpur in 2002. Before Ganguly, Tendulkar had achieved the mark in his 210th ODI innings during the 1999 World Cup match against Pakistan in Old Trafford.
Points to Note
- De Villiers currently holds the record for the fastest 50, fastest 100 and fastest 150 in ODIs.
- He smashed the fastest ODI off just 16 balls during the second ODI against West Indies in Johannesburg in January 2015.
- To make matters worse, De Villiers went on to score a century off just 31 balls, breaking the previous mark of the fastest century off 36 balls that was accomplished by New Zealand’s Corey Anderson against West Indies in Queenstown in January 01, 2014.
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