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Virat Kohli fastest-ever to reach 10,000 ODI runs

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India's captain Virat Kohli raises his bat to celebrate scoring 10,000 runs in ODI's during the second one-day international cricket match between India and West Indies in Visakhapatnam, on Wednesday. — AP
India's captain Virat Kohli raises his bat to celebrate scoring 10,000 runs in ODI's during the second one-day international cricket match between India and West Indies in Visakhapatnam, on Wednesday. — AP
Virat Kohli gesture towards stands after complete their innings during the second ODI against West Indies. —AFP
Virat Kohli gesture towards stands after complete their innings during the second ODI against West Indies. —AFP
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India's skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday became the fastest-ever batsmen to reach 10,000 One-day International (ODI) runs, making history in his 205th innings against the West Indies in Visakhapatnam.

The 29-year-old surpassed fellow Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar, who first crossed the 10,000-run mark in 259 innings in 2001.

Kohli, playing his 213th ODI, took a single off spinner Ashley Nurse to reach the milestone.

He is just the 13th batsman, and fifth Indian, to join the elite list.

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Ali
Oct 24, 2018 04:08pm
Legend. Exceptional talent. Kohli Pakistan love you.
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Fahim Khalil
Oct 24, 2018 04:11pm
Our Batsmen should have to learn from Kholi , appetite for making big runs is the art which our batsmen have to adopt on very urgent basis.
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Bpd
Oct 24, 2018 04:13pm
Great
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Ganesh
Oct 24, 2018 04:17pm
Amazing numbers from top class batsman. 5 out of 13 itself explains...
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Murtaza Ahmed Ali
Oct 24, 2018 04:22pm
Great Cricketer of the Century.
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Dr. WHO
Oct 24, 2018 04:27pm
India the world superpower and cricket powerhouse
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Kamal
Oct 24, 2018 04:30pm
When it comes to batting India stands tall, cut above rest.
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shiv@uk
Oct 24, 2018 04:33pm
Many Congratulations! Deserve to be no:1 batsman in ODI and Test
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syed
Oct 24, 2018 04:36pm
One of the best Batsmen to grace this beautiful game of cricket...
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Faisal
Oct 24, 2018 04:38pm
Congrats Kohli.
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Jitendra
Oct 24, 2018 04:45pm
Now....nobody should have any doubt that who is the best batsman alive in the world today.
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Kunal, Gurgaon
Oct 24, 2018 04:47pm
Truly a run machine. Simply unstoppable.
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Greatest Captain?
Oct 24, 2018 05:02pm
Kohli has proved himself a one of the greatest batsmen by being fastest scorer of 10,000 runs, but he hasn't yet proved to be the greatest captain of India or of the world.
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Yash
Oct 24, 2018 05:03pm
What a pleasure he is to watch batting.
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Balram Sharma
Oct 24, 2018 05:05pm
Let's salute his hard work and dedication apart from the natural talent he has.....
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K barathi
Oct 24, 2018 05:06pm
His committment is amazing. Even in the last over after batting for forty six overs he makes a full length dive.sky is the limit for him. Happy to see so many Pakistan cricket fans love him.
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Zlatan
Oct 24, 2018 05:07pm
Great player King Kohli . Every day with the same intensity , hats off to him.
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Swapnil pokhariyal
Oct 24, 2018 05:07pm
Kohli takes 116 few innings than Sachin to smash his 37 century
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Nitin Sharma
Oct 24, 2018 05:08pm
Sheer masterclass..this guy is far beyond being exceptional..Sacrifice, dedication, skill, humility, and that Dilli ka launda emotion personified!
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moiz
Oct 24, 2018 05:10pm
what a player. its just maddeness if hes able to play anothet 5 to 6 years. true professional. works hard on his fitness off the field. have no words to cherish this guy...iam a pakistani but this guy is my favourite all the way.
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CHELFLS
Oct 24, 2018 05:14pm
He also scored 1000 runs in an year(2018) in just 11 ODIs .
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Pervez
Oct 24, 2018 05:18pm
Great performance Viru!
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Shubham
Oct 24, 2018 05:20pm
everyone already knows he is an Indian
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Narendra
Oct 24, 2018 05:21pm
Dawn is so quick in covering Virat Kohli' s 10 K story. Really adorable and it shows how Virat Kohli is being followed by huge number fans in Pakistan as well. Congratulations Kohli and thumbs up to the Dawn !!
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mohanganesh
Oct 24, 2018 05:33pm
amazing talent.unbelievable commitment.
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Salman
Oct 24, 2018 05:34pm
Congratulations from Pakistan. Well deserved !!
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ROHIT PANDEY
Oct 24, 2018 05:34pm
In little trickles, Indian sportsmen and women in fields other than cricket are making their mark. Hope to see Indian talent blossom in other fields. Congratulations, Kohli for an exceptional performance.
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Texas
Oct 24, 2018 06:01pm
What percentage of his runs were scores in India?
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Aviral Ashok
Oct 24, 2018 06:08pm
@Texas How does it matter?
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Nitin
Oct 24, 2018 06:16pm
1000 ODI runs in a calendar year is not a uncommon thing. But never seen 1000 runs in only 11 innings that too with massive average of 146 is just like miraculous thing for sure.... If he continues this in Test & ODI for next 6-7 years then he will be surely challenging the crickets only wonder none other than Don Bradman.
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Omar
Oct 24, 2018 06:16pm
@Fahim Khalil Much better than tendulkar, NO DOUBT.
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Imran A.
Oct 24, 2018 06:21pm
Love this guy... kudos to your professionalism.
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Nitin
Oct 24, 2018 06:32pm
@Texas No matter if Kohli is playing in Home or Away... Class is Class. For your knowledge before West Indies series his Home & Away record in ODI is almost same. Home- Matches 80 , Runs 3970, Avg. 59.25 whereas Away- Matches 132 , Runs 5949, Avg. 58.32 He is a champion player.
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Dev
Oct 24, 2018 06:51pm
He can only be compared with Sir Don Bradman, congratulations King, keep it up...
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Rajesh
Oct 24, 2018 06:57pm
I think I should keep reading Dawn to get news about Kohli .... Super speedy reporting regarding Kohli.
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Mitzvah Kehimkar, Beersheba, Israel
Oct 24, 2018 06:58pm
Israeli cricketer Aron Talekar will break his records.
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Khany
Oct 24, 2018 07:03pm
Kohl will be the the greatest batsman of all time, overtaking all the legends. It's wrong to compare Sachin Tendulkar, Saeed Anwar, Viv Richards, etc... to the batsmen in this generation. Todays Cricket has evolved due to T20 format. If the T20 format started in 80s. Then it would have been fair to compare today's players. Batting sides in the 90s onwards would have broken records of runs if the sport T20 evolved at the time. Even the bowling side of the 90s were far superior to today's era.
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ROHIT PANDEY
Oct 24, 2018 07:21pm
@Mitzvah Kehimkar, Beersheba, Israel Talekar? Is he of Maharashtrian descent?:)
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Raj
Oct 24, 2018 07:33pm
He needs to perform consistently with the whole team to make a difference, only time will tell.
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citizen
Oct 24, 2018 07:43pm
someday our Babar will overtake Kohli...
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RealKhan
Oct 24, 2018 07:58pm
India has best Batsmen and Best Bowlers now!
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Iqbal Ashraf
Oct 24, 2018 08:08pm
@Raj who which whole team you need him to perform?
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Right Voice
Oct 24, 2018 08:17pm
@ROHIT PANDEY Yes there are maharashtrian Jews who have local names. Many migrated to Israel but some still continue to live in India.
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PakZindabaad
Oct 24, 2018 08:17pm
One of the best !!! We love Mr. & Mrs. Kohli :)
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ZulfAnsari
Oct 24, 2018 08:23pm
Many congrats to the one and only King Kohli. Love and respect from Pakistan.
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brr
Oct 24, 2018 08:29pm
He is a phenomenon
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Kahaf
Oct 24, 2018 08:34pm
This man is unstoppable.
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Lilly
Oct 24, 2018 08:39pm
@Greatest Captain? Next mission is that.
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Omair
Oct 24, 2018 08:43pm
This is guy is at a different level altogether. I have not seen anyone win more matches for his country
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sangan
Oct 24, 2018 09:23pm
@moiz Great to know. Great players are loved worldwide. Imran Khan and Wassim Akram have many fans in India.
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Nileshpot
Oct 24, 2018 09:31pm
Pakistan have produced excellent bowlers and India has produced excellent batsman... I wonder combined our team would be unbeatable ..
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A shah
Oct 24, 2018 10:00pm
Class is class
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riz1
Oct 24, 2018 10:01pm
@Greatest Captain? "hasn't yet proved to be the greatest captain of India or of the world" India's greatest captain across formats till date has been the one and only Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Kohli is slowly breaking MSD's captaincy records, so it will take a while before we can judge their captaincy prowess. Patience.
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Bret
Oct 24, 2018 10:08pm
King Kohli is Avg. over 100 in odi this year.....
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Raman
Oct 24, 2018 10:22pm
Mr. Virat Kohli, if you bat like his then we all are seeing Sachin Tendulkar in our rear view mirror!
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Indian
Oct 24, 2018 10:36pm
Well all those praising Indian batting must remember we lost 4-1 to England because of our batting only .Kohli is great but not good enough to make us win in England or SA
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Syed Jafri
Oct 24, 2018 11:28pm
This guy is genius, super human. What a player , what a human being and what a role model. His parents must be very proud of him so as his countrymen. There are 3 things in India, we Pakistani can die for, 1) Mr. Amitabh Bacchan 2) Madam Lata and this crazy batsman, Kohli, Love you man!!!
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Anil B Das
Oct 24, 2018 11:32pm
Great batsman Kohli and equally impressed by the wholehearted support from cricket fans in Pakistan for an Indian player's achievement. Love you guys
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Anil B Das
Oct 24, 2018 11:35pm
@citizen Some day our Babar will overtake Kohli. Sure man. Hope he does so, would love to watch him
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ISPR ZAK
Oct 24, 2018 11:37pm
@Indian One man makes a team? So that is your idea of cricket? hahahahahaha....
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GIRISH
Oct 25, 2018 12:05am
@Indian . It is a collective responsibility of team as a whole and not an individual sport. Kohli contibuted well however support from other batters were found to be lacking. All said and done, the record that he will create at the end of his career will be extremely difficult to beat.
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Sandip
Oct 25, 2018 01:00am
More than India now Virat is a star of this subcontinent. He got admirer all over the world.
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Bk
Oct 25, 2018 01:03am
All these runs only because he hasn't faced the ferocious and dynamic bowlers of Pakistan, we have much better batsman ,we just don't showoff
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Pak_UK
Oct 25, 2018 01:52am
Great limited overs batsman.. respect from Pakistan.
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UA
Oct 25, 2018 03:25am
There is a good chance that Kohli could off stage Tendulkar by the end of his career as the best after the Bradman era. And I'm looking forward to it!
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hassan sheikh
Oct 25, 2018 04:05am
Kohli is simply master class !!! what an athlete. Congrats
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Syed Anjum Ali
Oct 25, 2018 06:14am
One of the top batsmen of all time. Wishing him all the best for the future .
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Rahul
Oct 25, 2018 07:58am
@ISPR ZAK I think, we know, what others did to Pakistan in Asia Cup without Kohli.
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Ajay Kumar
Oct 25, 2018 08:04am
@Greatest Captain? And the point being ? Sachin himself wasn't a great captain.
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Ajit
Oct 25, 2018 08:08am
@Kamal yes... But apparently after the retirenent of the big 4, Sachin, Saurav, Rahul and Laxmab, this current team except Kohli are batting superpowers only at home. Have we forgotten England thrashing so soon?
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Neptune Srimal
Oct 25, 2018 08:46am
@Pervez There has been only one Viru! Virendra Sehwag!
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Kashif
Oct 25, 2018 09:07am
Kohli is an exceptional batsman, way ahead of all others.
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Nasir Waheed
Oct 25, 2018 09:35am
Virat is a run getting machine. It appears that he may become even a bigger legend of cricket than Sachin Tendulkar.
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Pervez Mehran
Oct 25, 2018 10:41am
Respect and love from Pakistan. Kohli is the truly the best batsman in the world today.
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Zuhaib
Oct 25, 2018 11:33am
I beleive Fakhar Zaman or Babar Azam can break his record his future. Both of them are miles ahead of what Kohli had achieved when he was of their age.
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AKG
Oct 25, 2018 01:58pm
@Zuhaib You're serious, right?
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Pradeep
Oct 25, 2018 02:51pm
@Zuhaib keep dreaming. U can only do that...we believe in performance and big talks...
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Babu
Oct 25, 2018 04:52pm
Congratulations !!! VIRAT
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DeSpun
Oct 25, 2018 05:22pm
Solid batsman and an exceptional talent.
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Sagar
Oct 25, 2018 06:28pm
@Texas - "What percentage of his runs were scores in India?" Around 31%. So what is your divine conclusion?
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Karachiwala
Oct 25, 2018 06:31pm
Take a bow Kohli. But my favorite is Rohit. Hope he reaches there soon too. Good wishes from across the border to both.
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Krishna
Oct 25, 2018 06:49pm
@sangan I don't know about Imran's fan but Wassim Akram for sure. We love Wassim bhai...
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sam
Oct 25, 2018 08:12pm
We have our batsmen.Pak has their bowlers.
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Salman
Oct 25, 2018 08:36pm
Congratulations on your great achievement.
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manish
Oct 25, 2018 08:51pm
we have two good players, Rohit and Virat, one is good in setting target and another good in chasing. but problem is Indian top order not giving enough chance to middle order, so that is an issue in all formats of game. With new number 4 coming , things are going to change, want to see how Pant performs.. dont see same talent as Dhoni..... Once Hardik is back Indian team looks better.
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Ashutosh Mishra
Oct 25, 2018 09:54pm
@PakZindabaad and we Indians here will love you equally deeply for your unabashed love towards our iconic Indian Punjabi couple!!!
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Ash2000
Oct 26, 2018 02:50am
@citizen - good joke. Mr. Babur is struggling to be in your team.
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Daniel madre
Oct 26, 2018 06:43am
@Zuhaib Good for them if they do
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AXH
Oct 26, 2018 07:58am
Virat is a special batsman. It wasn't a surprise that he reached this milestone so quickly. He will set records that will take a long time to break.
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Umer Khan
Oct 26, 2018 09:53am
An inspirational Hero. I have met him and undoubtedly a very humble man.
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citizen
Oct 26, 2018 09:59am
Our Babar azam and Fakar will accomplish the 10000 with much lesser innings than over rated Kohli..Wait and see..
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point of view
Oct 26, 2018 10:23am
@citizen, Forget about 10,000 runs and surpassing Kohli, you should be happy if your Babar Azam and Fakar Zaman play 200 ODI matches. Scoring 10,000 runs is not a joke. In the history of Pakistani cricket only Inzaman Ul-haq scored 11,739 in 350 innings, while India has FIVE players, namely, Sachin Tendulkar (18,426), Sourav Ganguly (11,363), Rahul Dravid (10,889), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (10,123), and Virat Kohli (10,076) who scored 10,000 plus runs
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Anand P
Oct 26, 2018 10:40am
@Khany ,I aggree
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Anand P
Oct 26, 2018 10:40am
I agree
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Hyder
Oct 26, 2018 11:50am
Sir Virat Kohli is a living example of hard work, honesty and integrity. A role model for every Pakistani batsmen currently in the team or playing domestic cricket to learn the work ethics from Kohli and keep on training hard to remain one step ahead of bowlers. Thanks
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Sagar
Oct 26, 2018 11:53am
@Syed Jafri thanks for your love to these Indian
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Pulakeshi
Oct 26, 2018 01:12pm
Most of the runs are scored on flat pitches and these days cricket does not evoke much interest as ballers are treated as 2nd class players.
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Raja Parekh
Oct 26, 2018 01:12pm
Unlike other cricketers, he is not playing against minnows and amassing runs for records.
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Reality_Bites
Oct 26, 2018 01:32pm
His best years are yet to come. If he carries in this vein Tendulkar's 100 international century record will come under threat sooner than expected.
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