Leader Online Desk : Virat Kohli Record : Indian batsman Virat Kohli popularly known as King Kohli is making one record after another. In the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans on Saturday, Kohli opened and batted explosively. On one side, captain Faf du Plessis was batting brilliantly, while on the other, Kohli was creating a storm. In this match, Kohli hit 2 fours and 4 sixes in 27 balls and scored 42 runs at a strike rate of 155.56. With this innings, he made two major records to his name.
First player to score 4000 runs in IPL
Virat Kohli has become the first player to score 4000 runs in IPL. He has accumulated a total of 4039 runs in his account so far. In this regard he broke the record of Shikhar Dhawan (3945 runs). In this regard, Rohit Sharma (3918) is third, David Warner (3710) is fourth and Suresh Raina (3559) is fifth.
12500 runs in T20 career
With this, Kohli made another record to his name. Virat Kohli has become the first Indian batsman to complete 12500 runs in his T20 career. So far no Indian batsman has been able to reach this milestone in his T20 career. Rohit Sharma is on the second position in this regard. Rohit has scored 11482 runs in his T20 career so far. Shikhar Dhawan is third with 9797 runs. Chris Gayle holds the record for most runs in a T20I career so far. Who has scored 14562 runs.
Most run-scorers in the T20 format
14562 runs : Chris Gayle
13360 runs : Shoaib Malik
12900 runs: Kieron Pollard
12536 runs : Virat Kohli*
Kohli regained the Orange Cap
Kohli once again grabbed the orange cap in IPL 2024. Earlier this cap was held by Chennai Super Kings captain Rituraj Gaikwad. Now Kohli has qualified for this cap by scoring more runs than him. Kohli now has 542 runs in 11 matches this season, while Gaikwad is second. He has 509 runs in 10 matches.
