The relevance of ODI cricket has been a topic of debate for some time. With the rise of T20 cricket, ODIs are not the first preference of the fans as well as for some players. Also, Test cricket continues to be regarded as the pinnacle of cricket, so ODI cricket is not attracting much attention from the viewers.
ODI cricket used to be one of the main formats with so many legendary players making so many records. It is still one of the major formats whenever the prestigious ICC ODI World Cup comes. Today, we will talk about the batters who achieved the fastest 14000 runs in ODI cricket. So let’s dive into it quickly.
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Players who reach the fastest 14000 runs in ODI cricket
(1)Sachin Tendulkar
Popularly known as the master blaster, Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first batter to score 14000 runs in ODI cricket. He achieved this feat in his 350th ODI inning on February 06, 2006, against the arch-rivals Pakistan in Peshawar. He took a time of 16 years and 50 days to achieve this milestone.
Sachin scored a 100 in that game in 113 balls with 10 fours and a six. Team India scored 328 in the first inning. Unfortunately, the match was affected by rain and Pakistan won the match by 7 runs with the D/L method. Salman Butt also scored a hundred in that game and becomes the Player of the Match.
Sachin Tendulkar’s overall ODI career
Sachin Tendulkar has been one of the finest batters in world cricket. He has played for Team India for more than 22 years in ODI cricket, the most by any player in world cricket. The former right-handed batter has won so many games for India over the years.
Overall, Sachin has played 463 ODIs and in 452 innings, he scored 18426 with an average of 44.83 and a strike rate of 86.24. He has 96 fifties and 49 hundreds in ODI cricket with the highest score of 200. He becomes the first batter in international ODIs to score 200 in an inning. That inning of Sachin came against South Africa on February 24, 2010 in Gwalior.
The batter also held the record of most hundred in ODI cricket for so many years, before Virat Kohli brokes it last year in the ODI WC semifinal against New Zealand.
No other batter has even touched 15000 runs in ODI cricket than Sachin Tendulkar. What is your favorite innings of his in the ODIs?
(2) Kumar Sangakkara
The Sri Lankan legend is the only batter after Sachin Tendulkar to achieve 14000+ runs in ODI cricket. Kumar Sangakkara took just 28 more innings than Sachin to achieve this feat. The Sri Lankan left-hander scored his 14000th run in the 378th inning, which was against Australia on March 8, 2015, in ODI WC in Sydney. He took a time of 14 years and 246 days to achieve this feat.
In that game, Australia batted first and scored a mammoth 376 runs in the first inning. Sri Lanka tried hard with Sangakkara scoring a hundred, but they fell well short of the target in the end. Sri Lanka lost that game by 64 runs. Glenn Maxwell becomes the Man of the Match for his 102 runs off just 53 balls.
Sangakkara’s overall stats in ODI cricket
The elegant left-hander has been a mainstay for Sri Lanka cricket for so many years. He has played so many outstanding innings and won the game for the team in different conditions.
Overall, he played a total of 404 ODIs and in 380 innings, he scored 14234 runs with an average of almost 42. His strike rate in ODIs is 78.86 with 93 half-centuries and 25 centuries to his name. Sangakkara’s highest score of 169 in ODIs came against South Africa on July 20, 2013, in Colombo.
Conclusion
So these are the two batters who scored 14000+ runs in ODI cricket. Both the batters are legends of the game and mesmerized to watch. Still, sometimes we watch those eye-catching innings of these two batters in highlights and remember their playing days.
Both the players are retired now and associated with cricket in different capacities. What is your favorite inning of these two in ODIs? Comment your favorite innings below.
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FAQs:-
(1) How many runs Sachin Tendulkar has scored in Tests?
In 329 innings, he scored 15921 runs with an average of 53.79 and a strike rate of 54.08. He scored 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries in tests with the highest score of 248.
(2) Which batter has the most runs in ODI World Cup history?
Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs (2278) in ODI WC history. He features in a total of 6 ODI WCs in his career: from 1992 to 2011.
(3) How many runs Kumar Sangakkara has scored in Tests?
In 233 innings, he scored 12400 runs with an average of 57.14 and a strike rate of 54.19. He has scored 38 hundred and 52 half-centuries with a highest score of 319.
(4) Has Sachin Tendulkar played any T20I game?
Yes. Sachin has only played one T20I, which was against South Africa at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on December 01, 2006.
(5) At what date Sachin has made his ODI debut?
Sachin made his ODI debut on December 18, 1989, against Pakistan at Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala. He got a 2nd ball duck in that game.
(6) On which date Sangakkara has made his ODI debut?
Sangakkara made his ODI debut on July 05, 2000, against Pakistan at Galle International Stadium. He scored 35 runs in 55 balls and Sri Lanka won that game by 5 wickets.
