2) Record-breakers
The quartet break records game after game and make the jobs of statisticians quite tough. They keep churning out unbelievable performances and rewrite the record books day in and day out. Let’s look at some of the unbelievable records that these four phenomenal gentlemen currently hold.
They have broken multiple records and we have picked 5 of them to prove their supremacy.
In Cricket
| Record | Player |
| Fastest 50, 100 and 150 in ODIs | AB de Villiers |
| Most ICC ODI player of the year awards | AB de Villiers |
| Fastest to reach 8000 runs in ODIs | AB de Villiers |
| Fastest to reach 6000 and 7000 runs in ODIs | Virat Kohli |
| Highest runs in a T20 tournament | Virat Kohli |
In Football
| Record | Player |
| Ballon d’Or awards (5) | Lionel Messi |
| Fastest to reach 300 goals in Europe’s top 5 leagues | Lionel Messi |
| Youngest player to reach 250 league goals | Lionel Messi |
| Highest number of goals in a single Champions League season | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| Fastest to reach 200 goals in La Liga | Cristiano Ronaldo |
And there are plenty more. These four have shattered a lot of records and they are poised to break even more as they venture ahead in their respective careers. In cricket, Kohli and De Villiers have been able to constantly rewrite the record books and in this aspect these two can be termed the Ronaldo-Messi of cricket.
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