Stats: Fastest to 1000 runs in the ICC ODI events

Among the top 5 players who needed most innings to complete 1000 runs in ICC ODI events, four are from Sri Lanka.

By Sampath Bandarupalli

Updated - 11 Jun 2017, 21:28 IST

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Shikhar Dhawan labelled as an ICC ODI tournament bully, has played according to the expectations by scoring fifties in all the three games of the league stage in Champions Trophy 2017 which includes a century as well. The Indian opener now has 634 runs in the Champions Trophy in just 8 innings; standing at No.6 in the highest run-scorers list in CT at the end of the game against South Africa.

Adding the 412 runs in the ICC World Cup to this tally, Dhawan now has 1046 runs in the ICC ODI events. He became the 35th player and 6th Indian to score 1000 runs in ICC ODI events. Virat Kohli later became the 36th player and 7th Indian to reach the milestone.

Dhawan needed just 16 innings to complete 1000 runs in the ICC ODI events; the fastest to complete the milestone. He broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record, who took 18 innings to get there. Mark Waugh, Sourav Ganguly and Herschelle Gibbs stand at No.3 in the list of batsmen fastest to 1000 runs in ICC ODI events as they all needed 20 innings.

Fastest to 1000 runs in the ICC ODI events:

Player Team Innings for 1000 runs Runs Mat Inns HS Ave 100s 50s
S Dhawan India 16 1046 16 16 137 69.73 5 4
SR Tendulkar India 18 2719 61 58 152 52.28 7 16
ME Waugh Australia 20 1085 24 24 130 51.66 4 5
SC Ganguly India 20 1671 34 32 183 61.88 7 6
HH Gibbs South Africa 20 1527 35 33 143 54.53 5 9
IVA Richards West Indies 21 1013 23 21 181 63.31 3 5
Saeed Anwar Pakistan 21 1204 25 25 113* 63.36 5 4
AB de Villiers South Africa 21 1605 36 35 162* 51.77 4 9

 

Talking about the list of players who are slowest to 1000 runs in the ICC ODI events, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara stands first as he needed 38 innings for it. Among the top 5 players who needed most innings to complete 1000 runs in ICC ODI events, four are from Sri Lanka.

Slowest to 1000 runs in the ICC ODI events:

Player Team Innings for 1000 runs Runs Mat Inns HS Ave 100s 50s
KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka 38 2215 59 56 134* 49.22 6 11
BB McCullum New Zealand 37 1028 48 39 101 30.23 1 6
ST Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 35 1701 58 57 120 32.71 4 7
DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka 35 1842 62 55 115* 37.59 4 10
PA de Silva Sri Lanka 34 1205 42 39 145 35.44 2 7
SP Fleming New Zealand 33 1516 46 46 134* 35.25 2 8

 

(Stats as on June 11, 2017)

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