It's genuinely a very big deal for a cricketer to score 40,000 career pro runs (Sachin was the 16th & last man to have made 50k, 29 40-49k) - Kohli sits on 39,994 shortly to join the greats in his next IPL game, first 40k man since Chris Gayle made it https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/most-runs-in-career-284266