Virat Kohli has scored 7971 runs in 251 matches. The only cricketer to cross the 700 mark in IPL 2024
New Delhi. Virat Kohli has played an important role in taking Royal Challengers Bangalore to the playoffs of IPL 2024. Kohli is on top in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in this IPL. This season, Virat has scored one century and 5 half-centuries in the IPL. RCB will face Rajasthan Royals in the eliminator. This match will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Virat can register a big achievement in his name in this match. He can become the first cricketer to score 8000 runs in IPL. For this he needs 29 runs.
Right-handed batsman Virat Kohli has scored 7971 runs in 251 matches, which includes 8 centuries and 55 half-centuries. His strike rate has been 131.95 while his average has been 38.69. In this season of IPL, Virat has scored the maximum of 708 runs while remaining unbeaten thrice in 14 matches, in which 113 runs not out has been the best score. He has scored 1 century and 5 half-centuries in this season. In the current season, he is scoring runs at a strike rate of 155.60.
The only batsman to score 7000 runs in IPL
35 year old batsman Virat Kohli is the only batsman to score 7000 or more runs in IPL. After Virat, Shikhar Dhawan is second in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs. Dhawan has scored 6769 runs. If Virat is unable to score 29 runs against Rajasthan, then he will have to wait for a year to touch the figure of 8 thousand. The winning team of the Eliminator will play in Qualifier 2 while the losing team will be eliminated.
Kohli made many records against CSK
Virat Kohli made many records in his name in the match against CSK. He played an inning of 47 runs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. He became the first cricketer to score 3000 runs at a single venue while he is the first batsman to touch the 700 mark in the ongoing IPL. He is the only Indian to touch the 700 plus mark twice in an IPL season. During this, he equaled the record of Chris Gayle who has touched the figure of 700 twice in IPL.
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first published : May 20, 2024, 6:45 pm IST
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