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Players who were the fastest to 1,000 runs across formats in international cricket

India Under-19's top-order batsman Shubman Gill hit 86 off 94 balls against Bangladesh in the Quarter-Final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup to help steady the Indian ship after an early loss. That innings made him the batsman with the fewest innings to 1,000 runs in youth ODIs.

Sportskeeda looks back at six batsmen who have taken the fewest innings to reach four figures across all formats at the international level.

#6 Vinod Kambli

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Though Vinod Kambli started his career extremely well, he could not maintain that run for long

14 innings in Tests, 1994

A batsman of immense ability, left-handed Vinod Kambli's is a story of immense promise mixed with unexpected disappointments. He ended with an average of 54.20 in Tests after 17 matches, in which he cracked 4 centuries and 3 half-centuries. All of those triple-figure scores came in his first seven games, two of which were double tons.

In just his twelfth Test, he reached the landmark of 1,000 runs during an innings of 40 against West Indies at Mumbai with the opposition including the likes of Courtney Walsh. Kambli's talent was noticed far earlier when in 1989, he put on a world record unbeaten partnership of 664 with Sachin Tendulkar in a school game. However, indiscipline and inconsistency crept in as his career moved forward, and India could never fully utilise his potential.

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