Fastest to 3000 ODI Runs

Fastest to 3000 Runs in ODI

Player	Innings to 3000 Runs	Time Taken	Avg After 3000 Runs	SR After 3000 Runs	Date Achieved On
Hashim Amla (SA)	57	4Y 172D	58.29	92.55	28 Aug 2012
Shai Hope (WI)	67	3Y 36D	52.75	74.32	22 Dec 2019
Fakhar Zaman (PAK)	67	5Y 326D	49.71	94.31	29 Apr 2023
Imam-ul-Haq (PAK)	67	5y 357D	49.23	82.23	10 Oct 2023
Babar Azam (PAK)	68	4Y 26D	52.97	85.91	26 Jun 2019
Viv Richards (WI)	69	8Y 359D	54.18	87.75	31 May 1984
Gordon Greenidge (WI)	72	11Y 128D	47.00	63.02	17 Oct 1986
Gary Kirsten (SA)	72	3Y 357D	47.06	71.75	6 Dec 1997
Shikhar Dhawan (IND)	72	5Y 92D	43.48	89.45	20 Jan 2016
Joe Root (ENG)	72	3Y 234D	46.28	85.48	1 Sep 2016

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Key Insights on Quickest Milestones to 3000 ODI Runs

Fastest to 3000 ODI Runs by Innings

Hashim Amla needed 57 innings to score 3000 ODI runs, the fewest by a batter to reach the mark.

Amla is also the quickest to the milestone among openers, having scored 3000 runs in that position in 55 innings.

Viv Richards, who took 69 innings, was the first batter to accumulate 3000 runs in ODIs, crossing the milestone in May 1984. Here is a special article on Viv Richards’ unrivalled ODI records.

Time-Based Records and Slowest Attainments

Shai Hope took three years and 36 days, making him the quickest to 3000 ODI runs in terms of time taken.

Scotland’s Calum MacLeod, who holds the record for the second-highest individual score by a non-associate batter, is also he slowest batter to score 3000 ODI runs in terms of time, taking 13 years and 364 days.

Glenn Maxwell is the quickest to 3000 ODI runs by balls, taking 2440 deliveries to cross the mark.

Specialised Role Records: Captains and Wicketkeepers

Virat Kohli is the quickest to score 3000 runs as a captain in ODIs, reaching the milestone in 48 innings as India’s skipper. See where he stands in the overall ODI run-scorers chart by captains.

Imran Khan, on the other hand, took the most innings as a skipper in ODIs, scoring his 3000th run in his 114th outing as Pakistan’s captain.

Hope is also the fastest wicketkeeper to aggregate 3000 ODI runs, taking 66 innings to attain the feat.

Pakistan’s Moin Khan is the slowest among keeper-batters, going past the mark in 164 innings.

Batting Average Upon Reaching the Milestone

Michael Bevan surpassed the landmark in 80 innings while maintaining an average of 59.39, the highest by a batter after completing 3000 ODI runs.

Find out who holds the record for the fastest to 3000 runs in Test cricket, here.

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