AB de Villiers becomes the fastest to 9000 ODI runs

MNA Sports Desk: During the third ODI against New Zealand, AB de Villiers crossed the 9,000 ODI runs mark and in doing so the South African ODI captain broke an all-time ODI record that was previously held by India’s Sourav Ganguly and had stood for over 13 years. The 33-year-old now holds the record for being the fastest to 9,000 ODI runs.

The 33-year-old was playing in his 214th ODI and batting in his 205th innings when he crossed the mark which is 23 innings faster than Ganguly, who held the previous record.

Not only does he now hold the world record for being the fastest to 9000 ODI runs but he also became only the 18th player in ODI history to get to the milestone.

The previous world record holder was Ganguly, who scored his 9000th run in his 228th innings, against Australia at Melbourne in 2004. Since then 11 more players have got to the 9,000 ODI run mark, but no one had even come close to breaking the record before de Villiers.