Shubman Gill on the rise, quickest ever to reach 2000 runs in ODIs

The rising star of Indian cricket reached the milestone in 38 innings, eclipsing Hashim Amla’s record that had stood since 2011.

Shubman Gill. | Photo Credit: REUTERS

Shubman Gill’s feat

38 The number of innings Shubman Gill needed to reach a personal milestone of 2000 runs in his ODI career. His landmark is now the quickest among 245 batters while aggregating 2000 runs in ODI cricket. Gill bettered the 12-year record of 40 innings, previously held by South African Hashim Amla since January 2011.

Quickest to reach 2000 career runs (in fewest innings) in ODI cricket

Inns	Mts	Batter	Achieved on	Score	Agst	Venue	Runs	Ave.	100/50	HS	Result
38	38	Shubman Gill (Ind)	22 Oct 2023	26	NZ	Dharamsala	2012	62.88	6/10	208	W
40	41	Hashim Amla (SAf)	21 Jan 2011	64	Ind	Pt Elizabeth	2040	56.67	6/12	140	W
45	45	Zaheer Abbas (Pak)	2 Oct 1983	48	Ind	Jaipur	2033	50.83	7/8	123	L
45	51	Kevin Pietersen (Eng+)	21 Apr 2007	100	WI	Bridgetown	2026	56.28	5/14	116	W
45	47	Babar Azam (Pak)	16 Sep 2018	33	HKg	Dubai	2006	54.22	8/7	125*	W
45	51	Rassie van der Dussen (SAf)	12 Oct 2023	26	Aus	Lucknow	2008	57.37	5/12	134	W

Note:

** + Pietersen’s figures above include two ODI matches for a World XI side in October 2005 in Australia.

** The columns 8 to 11 above provide the batters’ updated ODI career figures at the end of the match, where they achieved the landmark.

** # Gill was the 241st player to achieve this landmark. Since then, four others have reached 2000 runs in ODIs, taking the tally to 245.

32 The number of innings Virat Kohli needed to register the first duck of his World Cup career, which came against England in Lucknow on 29 October 2023. This is the most number of innings taken by any batter in the World Cup to register their first-ever duck. Curiously enough, three of the best batters of this generation have had the misfortune of recording their first World Cup duck, all of which came in this edition of the tournament in Lucknow. Incidentally, for the first time in WC history, the #3 batters (Kohli and Root) from both sides made ducks in the same match.

Most innings batted to register first World Cup duck

Inn	Mts	Batter (for)	Runs	Ave	100/50	Against	Venue	Date	Result
32	32	Virat Kohli (Ind)	1384	55.23	3/9	England	Lucknow	29 Oct 2023	Won
23	27	Steve Smith (Aus)	899	42.81	1/8	Sri Lanka	Lucknow	16 Oct 2023	Won
22	22	Virender Sehwag (Ind)	843	38.32	2/3	Sri Lanka	MumbaiWS	2 Apr 2011	Won
22	24	Shahid Afridi (Pak)	259	12.33	0/0	Zimbabwe	Brisbane	1 Mar 2015	Won
22	23	Joe Root (Eng)	933	46.65	3/5	India	Lucknow	29 Oct 2023	Lost
20	22	Tillekeratne Dilshan (SL)	741	43.59	2/3	Afghanistan	Dunedin	22 Feb 2015	Won

Notes:

** Sehwag’s only duck came in his final WC innings — in the 2011 WC Grand Final.

** Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya holds the record for playing in maximum innings (37) without making a WC duck. Among current players, Aussie David Warner has not made a duck in the 24 innings he has batted.

34 The number of ducks in international cricket for Virat Kohli. On being dismissed before opening his account against England in Lucknow, Kohli has now equalled Sachin Tendulkar’s duck tally in all international cricket. For India, only Zaheer Khan (43 in 227 inns), Ishant Sharma (40 in 173), Harbhajan Singh (37 in 284) and Anil Kumble (35 in 307) have more ducks in international cricket. However, among top-order players, Tendulkar and Kohli top this list.

Most ducks for India in international cricket among top-order batters

0s	Batter	Mts	Inns	Runs	Ave	100	50	HS
34	Sachin Tendulkar	664	782	34357	48.52	100	164	248*
34	Virat Kohli	514	570	26209	54.03	78	136	254*
31	Virender Sehwag	363	431	16892	40.60	38	70	319
30	Rohit Sharma	458	478	18044	43.37	45	99	264
29	Sourav Ganguly	421	485	18433	41.42	38	106	239

Note: Sehwag and Ganguly have also appeared for other teams in ODIs. But the above figures are for India only.

63 The number of innings K. L. Rahul required to reach 2500 runs in his ODI career. This is the joint-second quickest for an Indian batter in ODIs, equaling Navjot Singh Sidhu, who, however, took one match less than Rahul. For India, only Shikhar Dhawan took fewer innings (60). Rahul achieved this landmark during the game against England in Lucknow on 29 October 2023.

Quickest to reach 2500 career ODI runs (in fewest innings) for India

Inns	Mts	Batter	Achieved on	Runs	Ave	HS	100	50
60	61	Shikhar Dhawan	26 Mar 2015	2507	43.98	137	8	12
63	66	Navjot Singh Sidhu	25 Mar 1994	2501	41.68	134*	4	19
63	67	K. L. Rahul	29 Oct 2023	2507	50.14	112	6	16
64	67	Virat Kohli	20 Oct 2011	2531	45.20	118	7	16
66	71	Sourav Ganguly	7 Jul 1998	2503	40.37	124	4	16

Note:K. L. Rahul is the 197^th player to aggregate 2500+ runs in ODI cricket and the 24^th Indian to do so.

8 The number of occasions Virat Kohli has been able to aggregate 1000 or more runs in a calendar year in his ODI career. During his knock of 88 against Sri Lanka in Mumbai on 2 Nov 2023, he set a new ODI record of going past 1000 runs in a calendar year on most occasions. He surpassed the previous record held by Sachin Tendulkar, who had achieved the feat of 1000-plus runs in a calendar year on seven occasions from 1994 to 2007.

1000 or more ODI runs in a calendar year on most occasions

1000+ runs	Batter (for)	1000+ runs (year)
8	Virat Kohli (Ind)	1381 (2011), 1026 (2012), 1268 (2013), 1054 (2014), 1460 (2017), 1202 (2018), 1377 (2019), 1054* (2023)
7	Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)	1089 (1994), 1611 (1996), 1011 (1997), 1894 (1998), 1328 (2000), 1141 (2003), 1425 (2007)
6	Sourav Ganguly (Ind)	1338 (1997), 1328 (1998), 1767 (1999), 1579 (2000), 1114 (2002), 1240 (2007)
6	Ricky Ponting (Aus)	1166 (1998), 1038 (1999), 1154 (2003), 1191 (2005), 1424 (2007), 1198 (2009)
6	Kumar Sangakkara (SL)	1010 (2004), 1333 (2006), 1127 (2011), 1184 (2012), 1201 (2013), 1256 (2014)
5	Rohit Sharma (Ind)	1196 (2013), 1293 (2017), 1030 (2018), 1490 (2019), 1060* (2023)

4 The number of occasions when both the openers have had the misfortune of being dismissed for a golden duck (out first ball!) in the same innings. The last three such instances have occurred in a World Cup match, including the latest occurrence in Mumbai by Sri Lankan openers against India on 2 November 2023.

Both openers dismissed for a golden duck in the same innings in an ODI match

Opener1 (runs/balls)	Opener2 (runs/balls)	For	Agst	Venue	Date	Result	M Inns
Piet Rinke (0/1)	Terry Duffin (0/1)	Zim	WI	Georgetown	7 May 2006	Lost	2
b Fidel Edwards	c Denesh Ramdin b Fidel Edwards
Lahiru Thirimanne (0/1)	Tillekeratne Dilshan (0/1)	SL	Afg	Dunedin	22 Feb 2015	Won	2
lbw Dawlat Zadran	c Afsar Zazai b Shapoor Zadran
Martin Guptill (0/1)	Colin Munro (0/1)	NZ	WI	Manchester	22 Jun 2019	Won	1
lbw Sheldon Cotterell	b Shelden Cotterell
Pathum Nissanka (0/1)	Dimuth Karunaratne (0/1)	SL	Ind	Mumbai WS	2 Nov 2023	Lost	2
lbw Jasprit Bumrah	lbw Mohd Siraj

Note: Terry Duffin was captain for Zimbabwe in the above match

All records are correct and updated until 3 November 2023