fastest to reach 2000 runs

Zaheer Abbas held the record previously: he reached 2000 runs in 45 innings. Amla has done it in 40


Hashim Amla has become the fastest to reach 2000 runs. Whaddaplayaaa!

Fastest to 2000 runs

Player	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Debut	Time	Mat	Inns	Scorecard
HM Amla (SA)	v India	Port Elizabeth	21 Jan 2011	9 Mar 2008	2y 318d	41	40	ODI # 3084
Zaheer Abbas (Pak)	v India	Jaipur	2 Oct 1983	31 Aug 1974	9y 32d	45	45	ODI # 225
KP Pietersen (Eng/ICC)	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2007	28 Nov 2004	2y 144d	51	45	ODI # 2578
IVA Richards (WI)	v India	The Oval	15 Jun 1983	7 Jun 1975	8y 8d	49	48	ODI # 210
CG Greenidge (WI)	v India	Srinagar	13 Oct 1983	11 Jun 1975	8y 124d	49	49	ODI # 226
G Kirsten (SA)	v Pakistan	Nairobi (Gym)	6 Oct 1996	14 Dec 1993	2y 297d	50	50	ODI # 1126
DC Boon (Aus)	v New Zealand	Brisbane	17 Jan 1988	12 Feb 1984	3y 339d	54	52	ODI # 495
AH Jones (NZ)	v England	Auckland	16 Feb 1991	10 Oct 1987	3y 129d	52	52	ODI # 670
NS Sidhu (India)	v England	Gwalior	4 Mar 1993	9 Oct 1987	5y 146d	55	52	ODI # 813
SC Ganguly (India)	v Australia	Kanpur	7 Apr 1998	11 Jan 1992	6y 86d	56	52	ODI # 1308
ME Trescothick (Eng)	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	13 Jan 2003	8 Jul 2000	2y 189d	52	52	ODI # 1934
Salman Butt (Pak)	v India	Dhaka	14 Jun 2008	22 Sep 2004	3y 266d	52	52	ODI # 2707
ML Hayden (Aus)	v India	Centurion	15 Feb 2003	19 May 1993	9y 272d	56	53	ODI # 1951
GS Chappell (Aus)	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Feb 1982	5 Jan 1971	11y 39d	55	54	ODI # 144
BC Lara (WI)	v Pakistan	Sharjah	5 Nov 1993	9 Nov 1990	2y 361d	54	54	ODI # 845
Yasir Hameed (Pak)	v South Africa	Faisalabad	23 Oct 2007	20 May 2003	4y 156d	54	54	ODI # 2637
KC Wessels (Aus/SA)	v Australia	Sydney	26 Feb 1992	9 Jan 1983	9y 48d	58	55	ODI # 719
GA Gooch (Eng)	v West Indies	Jaipur	26 Oct 1987	26 Aug 1976	11y 61d	57	56	ODI # 468
DM Jones (Aus)	v Sri Lanka	Adelaide	10 Jan 1988	30 Jan 1984	3y 345d	57	56	ODI # 491
RA Smith (Eng)	v Australia	Birmingham	21 May 1993	4 Sep 1988	4y 259d	57	56	ODI # 831
NV Knight (Eng)	v Australia	Bristol	10 Jun 2001	29 Aug 1996	4y 285d	56	56	ODI # 1721
CH Gayle (WI)	v India	Jodhpur	21 Nov 2002	11 Sep 1999	3y 71d	58	56	ODI # 1898
HH Dippenaar (SA)	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	12 Oct 2003	26 Sep 1999	4y 16d	67	56	ODI # 2050
DI Gower (Eng)	v New Zealand	Wellington	22 Feb 1984	24 May 1978	5y 274d	60	57	ODI # 250
AJ Lamb (Eng)	v Australia	Sydney	22 Jan 1987	2 Jun 1982	4y 234d	58	57	ODI # 422
MG Bevan (Aus)	v New Zealand	Melbourne	17 Dec 1997	14 Apr 1994	3y 247d	63	57	ODI # 1265
GC Smith (SA)	v England	Bloemfontein	2 Feb 2005	30 Mar 2002	2y 309d	58	57	ODI # 2219
GR Marsh (Aus)	v Pakistan	Adelaide	11 Dec 1988	14 Jan 1986	2y 332d	58	58	ODI # 537
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	v New Zealand	Sharjah	20 Apr 1994	22 Nov 1991	2y 149d	59	58	ODI # 911
RT Ponting (Aus)	v Pakistan	Peshawar	8 Nov 1998	15 Feb 1995	3y 266d	58	58	ODI # 1368
GA Hick (Eng)	v India	The Oval	23 May 1996	23 May 1991	5y 0d	60	59	ODI # 1102
IR Bell (Eng)	v New Zealand	Auckland	15 Feb 2008	28 Nov 2004	3y 79d	62	60	ODI # 2678
MEK Hussey (Aus)	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	22 Feb 2008	1 Feb 2004	4y 21d	81	60	ODI # 2683
Saeed Anwar (Pak)	v Australia	Multan	14 Oct 1994	1 Jan 1989	5y 286d	62	61	ODI # 929
GP Thorpe (Eng)	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	30 Oct 2000	19 May 1993	7y 164d	65	61	ODI # 1653
RR Sarwan (WI)	v England	Leeds	1 Jul 2004	20 Jul 2000	3y 347d	65	61	ODI # 2137
MJ Clarke (Aus)	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	22 Jan 2006	19 Jan 2003	3y 3d	67	61	ODI # 2317
G Gambhir (India)	v England	Rajkot	14 Nov 2008	11 Apr 2003	5y 217d	61	61	ODI # 2774
JH Kallis (SA)	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Mar 1999	9 Jan 1996	3y 77d	64	62	ODI # 1422
S Chanderpaul (WI)	v Australia	Bridgetown	25 Apr 1999	17 Oct 1994	4y 190d	66	62	ODI # 1442
Yousuf Youhana (Pak)	v New Zealand	Singapore	20 Aug 2000	28 Mar 1998	2y 145d	66	62	ODI # 1623
RG Twose (NZ)	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1 Oct 2000	15 Nov 1995	4y 321d	66	62	ODI # 1629
MS Dhoni (India)	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 May 2007	23 Dec 2004	2y 138d	70	62	ODI # 2582
AB de Villiers (Afr/SA)	v West Indies	Durban	1 Feb 2008	2 Feb 2005	2y 364d	63	62	ODI # 2668
DJ Cullinan (SA)	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	25 Jan 1997	9 Feb 1993	3y 351d	64	63	ODI # 1168
NJ Astle (NZ)	v Zimbabwe	Christchurch	4 Mar 1998	22 Jan 1995	3y 41d	63	63	ODI # 1294
R Dravid (India)	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Jan 1999	3 Apr 1996	2y 291d	70	63	ODI # 1387
AC Gilchrist (Aus)	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	9 Jun 1999	25 Oct 1996	2y 227d	65	63	ODI # 1477
WU Tharanga (Asia/SL)	v Australia	Sydney	8 Feb 2008	2 Aug 2005	2y 190d	67	63	ODI # 2673
DL Haynes (WI)	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Feb 1984	22 Feb 1978	5y 354d	64	64	ODI # 247
Aamer Sohail (Pak)	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	4 Dec 1994	21 Dec 1990	3y 348d	64	64	ODI # 954
AC Hudson (SA)	v Pakistan	Sharjah	13 Apr 1996	10 Nov 1991	4y 155d	65	64	ODI # 1095
GW Flower (Zim)	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	24 Jan 1998	25 Oct 1992	5y 91d	66	64	ODI # 1284
MD Crowe (NZ)	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	5 Jan 1988	13 Feb 1982	5y 326d	67	65	ODI # 486
MA Taylor (Aus)	v Zimbabwe	Perth	2 Dec 1994	26 Dec 1989	4y 341d	67	65	ODI # 952
AJ Strauss (Eng)	v New Zealand	Hobart	16 Jan 2007	18 Nov 2003	3y 59d	66	65	ODI # 2475
WJ Cronje (SA)	v Zimbabwe	Harare	21 Oct 1995	26 Feb 1992	3y 237d	69	66	ODI # 1013
RP Arnold (SL)	v Pakistan	Sharjah	12 Apr 2002	6 Nov 1997	4y 157d	75	66	ODI # 1829
V Sehwag (India)	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Mar 2003	1 Apr 1999	3y 356d	68	66	ODI # 1993
Javed Miandad (Pak)	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Feb 1985	11 Jun 1975	9y 258d	70	67	ODI # 311
DB Vengsarkar (India)	v Australia	Melbourne	9 Feb 1986	21 Feb 1976	9y 353d	69	67	ODI # 363
Rameez Raja (Pak)	v West Indies	Georgetown	30 Mar 1988	6 Feb 1985	3y 53d	68	67	ODI # 515
PV Simmons (WI)	v Pakistan	Sharjah	5 Nov 1993	16 Oct 1987	6y 20d	69	67	ODI # 845
ME Waugh (Aus)	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	4 Apr 1994	11 Dec 1988	5y 114d	71	67	ODI # 901
MS Atapattu (SL)	v Pakistan	Visakhapatnam	27 Mar 1999	1 Dec 1990	8y 116d	68	67	ODI # 1423
NH Fairbrother (Eng)	v India	Sharjah	11 Apr 1999	2 Apr 1987	12y 9d	69	67	ODI # 1432
L Klusener (SA)	v India	Nagpur	19 Mar 2000	19 Jan 1996	4y 60d	78	68	ODI # 1576
HH Gibbs (SA)	v West Indies	Bridgetown	9 May 2001	3 Oct 1996	4y 218d	68	68	ODI # 1716
GM Wood (Aus)	v India	Sharjah	29 Mar 1985	22 Feb 1978	7y 35d	75	69	ODI # 325
A Flower (Zim)	v Bangladesh	Nairobi (Aga)	14 Oct 1997	23 Feb 1992	5y 233d	71	69	ODI # 1242
DS Lehmann (Aus)	v Pakistan	Melbourne (Docklands)	12 Jun 2002	30 Aug 1996	5y 286d	76	69	ODI # 1842
A Flintoff (Eng)	v Sri Lanka	Southampton	17 Sep 2004	7 Apr 1999	5y 163d	78	69	ODI # 2177
Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	29 Oct 2009	6 Aug 2006	3y 84d	72	69	ODI # 2916
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	v Bangladesh	Dunedin	8 Feb 2010	1 Mar 2006	3y 344d	75	69	ODI # 2951
SR Tendulkar (India)	v U.A.E.	Sharjah	13 Apr 1994	18 Dec 1989	4y 116d	73	70	ODI # 904
VG Kambli (India)	v Pakistan	Toronto	21 Sep 1996	18 Oct 1991	4y 339d	76	70	ODI # 1118
A Symonds (Aus)	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 Feb 2004	10 Nov 1998	5y 109d	93	70	ODI # 2106
VVS Laxman (India)	v Pakistan	Lahore	24 Mar 2004	9 Apr 1998	5y 350d	72	70	ODI # 2117
Tamim Iqbal (Ban)	v India	Dhaka	11 Jan 2010	9 Feb 2007	2y 336d	70	70	ODI # 2942
SK Raina (India)	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	11 Jan 2010	30 Jul 2005	4y 165d	86	70	ODI # 2942
RB Richardson (WI)	v Pakistan	Karachi	30 Oct 1987	17 Dec 1983	3y 317d	73	71	ODI # 473
A Jadeja (India)	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	2 Feb 1997	28 Feb 1992	4y 340d	77	71	ODI # 1172
WW Hinds (WI)	v Australia	St George's	1 Jun 2003	5 Sep 1999	3y 269d	75	71	ODI # 2021
K Srikkanth (India)	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai	17 Jan 1987	25 Nov 1981	5y 53d	72	72	ODI # 419
Shoaib Malik (Pak)	v India	Kolkata	13 Nov 2004	14 Oct 1999	5y 30d	85	72	ODI # 2192
SR Watson (Aus)	v New Zealand	Centurion	5 Oct 2009	24 Mar 2002	7y 195d	90	72	ODI # 2907
SM Gavaskar (India)	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	13 Apr 1986	13 Jul 1974	11y 274d	79	73	ODI # 383
AJ Stewart (Eng)	v Pakistan	Birmingham	31 Aug 1996	15 Oct 1989	6y 321d	78	73	ODI # 1109
SP Fleming (NZ)	v Australia	Sydney	14 Jan 1998	25 Mar 1994	3y 295d	74	73	ODI # 1275
N Hussain (Eng)	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	18 Sep 2002	30 Oct 1989	12y 323d	73	73	ODI # 1880
SO Tikolo (Afr/Kenya)	v Canada	Toronto	5 Aug 2006	18 Feb 1996	10y 168d	75	73	ODI # 2397
PA de Silva (SL)	v India	Nagpur	1 Dec 1990	31 Mar 1984	6y 245d	77	74	ODI # 644
AP Gurusinha (SL)	v Pakistan	Sharjah	2 Feb 1993	3 Nov 1985	7y 91d	76	74	ODI # 797
MJ Greatbatch (NZ)	v India	Jamshedpur	15 Nov 1995	9 Mar 1988	7y 251d	74	74	ODI # 1015
SL Campbell (WI)	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	22 Apr 2000	23 Oct 1994	5y 182d	76	74	ODI # 1594
Younis Khan (Pak)	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	4 Apr 2003	13 Feb 2000	3y 50d	77	74	ODI # 1995
Yuvraj Singh (India)	v Australia	Perth	1 Feb 2004	3 Oct 2000	3y 121d	86	75	ODI # 2093
M Azharuddin (India)	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1989	20 Jan 1985	4y 50d	84	76	ODI # 560
AC Parore (NZ)	v South Africa	Brisbane	9 Jan 1998	31 Oct 1992	5y 70d	80	76	ODI # 1270
DR Martyn (Aus)	v South Africa	Potchefstroom	27 Mar 2002	8 Dec 1992	9y 109d	90	76	ODI # 1821
KR Rutherford (NZ)	v Australia	Dunedin	19 Mar 1993	27 Mar 1985	7y 357d	81	77	ODI # 816
RS Mahanama (SL)	v South Africa	Kandy	22 Aug 1993	2 Mar 1986	7y 173d	80	77	ODI # 836
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	31 Jul 2001	24 Jan 1998	3y 188d	82	77	ODI # 1741
BRM Taylor (Zim)	v Bangladesh	Bulawayo	14 Aug 2009	20 Apr 2004	5y 116d	78	77	ODI # 2872
H Masakadza (Zim)	v Kenya	Harare	17 Oct 2009	23 Sep 2001	8y 24d	77	77	ODI # 2911
Saleem Malik (Pak)	v New Zealand	Wellington	8 Mar 1989	12 Jan 1982	7y 55d	87	79	ODI # 557
JN Rhodes (SA)	v Pakistan	Nairobi (Gym)	29 Sep 1996	26 Feb 1992	4y 216d	85	79	ODI # 1121
ADR Campbell (Zim)	v India	Bulawayo	27 Sep 1998	29 Feb 1992	6y 210d	82	79	ODI # 1355
M Kaif (India)	v West Indies	Colombo (RPS)	7 Aug 2005	28 Jan 2002	3y 191d	91	79	ODI # 2267
KC Sangakkara (SL)	v Kenya	Sharjah	6 Apr 2003	5 Jul 2000	2y 275d	87	80	ODI # 1997
MN Samuels (WI)	v Ireland	Kingston	23 Mar 2007	4 Oct 2000	6y 170d	86	80

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