5 Records of Virat Kohli which Babar Azam might not be able to break

2. Fastest 12000 runs in ODIs

Recently in 2020, Virat Kohli became the fastest player to reach 12,000 runs in One day International cricket. It has always been a pleasure ride for this player in the format. He debuted for the ODI Indian team in 2008 and has played 254 matches and has an average of 59.07.

It just took 242 innings for the veteran Virat, and he is way ahead of some other legends like Sachin Tendulkar in this list, who reached this mark in 300 innings, and for Ricky Ponting, it took 314 innings to score 12,000 runs in ODI’s and hence Virat is the fastest.

Babar while playing 83 ODI matches, has scored 3985 runs with an average of 56.93 which is slightly lesser than Virat’s average. When we compare the two batters head to head considering the first 80 matches they played, Babar is way ahead of Kohli with 729 runs but it still needs more consistency and will for Babar to reach the 12,000 run mark in lesser innings than his rival.