Short answer: Shubman Gill is the fastest batter to 2,000 ODI runs. He got there in his 38th innings, against New Zealand in Dharamsala on 22 October 2023, during the World Cup. The previous record was Hashim Amla's 40 innings.
How He Got There
Gill came into the game needing a handful of runs and passed the mark early in his innings of 26. What made the record possible was the year before it: from the second half of 2022 he scored heavily and fast as an opener, including his first ODI hundred in Harare (August 2022), 208 against New Zealand (January 2023) and 112 in Indore a week later.
What the Record Shows
- Reaching 2,000 runs in 38 innings means averaging well over 50 runs per innings from the start of a career, while opening.
- Gill did it at a strike rate around a run a ball, which is part of why his ODI average and strike rate are both still among the best for an Indian opener.
He has kept going since: see his up-to-date ODI stats and records.
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