Cricket News Today: Virat Kohli praises KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma breaks another record and more - 18th January, 2020

#2 Rohit Sharma breaks another record

Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma hasn’t been in the best of form recently, especially considering he hasn’t managed a substantial score against Australia in the ongoing season. However, that didn’t stop the opener from scaling another monumental peak as he became the fastest batsman to reach 7,000 ODI runs as an opener against Australia at Rajkot.

In the process, he comfortably beat Hashim Amla’s previous record, a feat that the South African had achieved across 147 innings, as compared to Rohit, who took only 137 of his own.

With the Mumbai Indians skipper expected to feature at Bengaluru on the 19th of January, plenty of Indian fans would be hoping that he celebrates his achievement with a telling contribution.

Read the full article: India vs Australia 2020: Rohit Sharma becomes fastest player to reach 7,000 ODI runs as an opener

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#3 Kuldeep Yadav becomes fastest Indian spinner to 100 ODI wickets

Kuldeep Yadav

After an indifferent start to the series, Kuldeep Yadav roared back into form on Saturday as he scripted a new chapter in Indian cricketing folklore, thereby becoming the quickest spinner to 100 ODI wickets.

In the 38th over, Kuldeep scalped the prized wickets of Alex Carey and Steve Smith. The breakthroughs dealt the Aussies a gigantic blow in their 341-run pursuit and ultimately, morphed into the decisive tilting scale.

Courtesy the wicket of Carey, Kuldeep also became the fastest Indian spinner and the 3rd fastest Indian to 100 ODI wickets when he achieved the feat in his 58th ODI. In the process, he went ahead of Harbhajan Singh, whose record stood at 76 matches.

At this juncture, only Mohammed Shami (56) and Jasprit Bumrah (57) rank ahead of the left-arm spinner when talking about the quickest Indians to 100 ODI wickets.

Read the full article: Kuldeep Yadav breaks Harbhajan Singh's record and bowls India to victory