Mighty Amla erases Kohli from record books yet again

South African superstar batsman Hashim Amla yet again snatched Virat Kohli’s record, as the Proteas   runs machine become the fastest to reach 7,000 ODI runs in the course of the third and final ODI against England at Lord's.

Kohli had eclipsed another Proteas batsman, AB de Villiers, when he made the record his own during a match against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Club in January, 2016.

Amla took only 151 innings to get to the landmark while Kohli had taken 161 innings. Before him, de Villiers had reached the coveted 7,000-run mark in 166 innings.

South Africa (156/3) won by seven wickets but lost the series after defeat in the first two games as both countries prepared for the start of the Champions Trophy this week.

Hashim Amla scored 55 before being bowled by debutant Toby Roland-Jones and Quinton de Kock (34) fell in the next over to Jake Ball.

The 34-year-old had started 2017 in great style, smashing a classy 154 against Sri Lanka in Centurion in February. He has 24 hundreds from 153 ODIs and is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the limited-overs formats despite lacking the aggressive style several of his peers boast of.