Indian batsman Virat Kohli, popularly known as King Kohli, is setting one record after another. In the match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans on Saturday, Kohli came out to open the innings and played explosive batting.
On one hand, captain Faf du Plessis was batting fast, on the other hand, Kohli was creating a storm. Kohli scored 42 runs in 27 balls with 2 fours and 4 sixes at a strike rate of 155.56. With this, he made two big records in his name from this innings.
Virat Kohli became the first player to score 4000 runs in IPL victory
Virat Kohli has become the first player to score 4000 runs in IPL victory. He has scored a total of 4039 runs so far. In this case, he broke the record of Shikhar Dhawan. Who has scored 3945 runs. Rohit Sharma is at the third position in this case by scoring 3918 runs. David Warner is at the fourth position with 3710 runs and Suresh Raina is at the fifth position with 3559 runs.
First Indian batsman to score 12500 runs in T20 career
With this, Kohli made another record in his name. Virat Kohli became the first Indian batsman to complete 12500 runs in T20 career. Till now no Indian batsman has been able to achieve this milestone in T20 career. Rohit Sharma is in second place in this matter. Rohit has scored 11482 runs in T20 career so far. Shikhar Dhawan is in third place with 9797 runs. The record of most runs in T20 career so far is registered in the name of Chris Gayle. Who has scored 14562 runs.
Virat Kohli captures Orange Cap
With this, Virat Kohli once again captured the Orange Cap in IPL 2024. Earlier this cap was with Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad. Now Kohli has become entitled to this cap by scoring more runs than him. Kohli now has 542 runs in 11 matches this season. While Gaikwad is in second place. He has 509 runs in 10 matches. There is a tough race going on between Virat Kohli and Ruturaj Gaikwad for the Orange Cap