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India batter Virat Kohli<\/a> scaled another historic milestone in his career, becoming the fastest batter to score 25,000 runs in international cricket. He did so on Day 3 of the second Test against Australia in New Delhi. In the process, Kohli surpassed his idol and the Master Blaster, Sachin Tendulkar<\/a>, who had reached the landmark in 577 matches. Virat, on the other hand, did so in 549 matches. Following Virat and Sachin are the likes of Ricky Ponting<\/a> (588), Jacques Kallis<\/a> (594), Kumar Sangakkara<\/a> (608) and Mahela Jayawardene<\/a> (701).<\/p>\n Kohli arrived on the crease after Indian opening batters KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma departed early. While Rahul could only score 1 run, continuing his horror form, Rohit got off to a bright start but lost his wicket following a mix-up with Cheteshwar Pujara.<\/p>\n He hit a few glorious shots and made his intentions of wrapping up the run-chase quickly clear. But, just when Kohli was looking settled, Todd Murphy got the better of him, sending the former India skipper packing for 20 runs off 31 balls.<\/p>\n Earlier in the match, India produced a scintillating show by spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, including a seven-for by the latter, that saw Australia being skittled out for 113 in their second innings, setting the hosts a target of 115 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series<\/p>\n At lunch, India’s score read 14\/1, with skipper Rohit Sharma (12*) and Cheteshwar Pujara (1*) at the crease.<\/p>\n Australia resumed their innings at 61\/1, with Travis Head 39*, Marnus Labuschagne 16* seeking to build on the visitors’ lead.<\/p>\n Ashwin struck for the hosts early in the session, dismissing a dangerous Head for 43 off 46 balls and reducing Australia to 65\/2.<\/p>\n The duo of Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne then took the innings forward, adding 20 more runs before Ashwin sent back Smith for just 9. Australia was 85\/3 in 19 overs.<\/p>\n With PTI inputs<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nFeatured Video Of The Day<\/h3>\n