Last Saturday (6 May), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star Virat Kohli created history in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The 34-year-old Indian right-handed batter became the first to reach the 7000 IPL runs milestone.
It was the match between Delhi Capitals (DC) and RCB at Arun Jaitley Stadium (Delhi). During that game, Virat Kohli provided a solid start with an 82-run opening partnership with the skipper Faf du Plessis and also scored 55 runs off 46 balls (five fours).
Before that game, the right-handed batter Kohli was only 12 runs away from the 7000 IPL runs milestone. With a four to Axar Patel in the second over of the game, Kohli became the first player to complete 7000 IPL runs.
In his IPL career, Kohli has scored 7043 runs in 225 innings (233 matches).
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Virat Kohli: Completing IPL runs milestone
Runs Milestone | Number of Innings | Achievement Date (DD/MM/YYYY) |
1000 | 45 | 29/04/2011 |
2000 | 79 | 29/04/2013 |
3000 | 110 | 10/05/2015 |
4000 | 128 | 18/05/2016 |
5000 | 157 | 28/03/2019 |
6000 | 188 | 22/04/2021 |
7000 | 225 | 06/05/2023 |
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First to reach IPL runs milestone (IPL season when the milestone was first recorded)
Adam Gilchrist was the first player to complete 1000 IPL runs. (IPL 2010)
Suresh Raina was the first player to complete 2000 IPL runs. (IPL 2012)
Suresh Raina was the first player to complete 3000 IPL runs. (IPL 2014)
Virat Kohli was the first player to complete 4000 IPL runs. (IPL 2016)
Suresh Raina was the first player to complete 5000 IPL runs. (IPL 2019)
Virat Kohli was the first player to complete 6000 IPL runs. (IPL 2021)
Latest new milestone: Virat Kohli became the first player to complete 7000 IPL runs. (IPL 2023)
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DC won the match
Coming back to the latest DC vs RCB match, Kohli’s 55, Du Plessis’ 45 off 32 balls (five fours and only six) and Mahipal Lomror’s 54 not out off 29 balls (six fours and three sixes) helped RCB to manage the first innings total of 181/4 in 20 overs.
In reply, DC opener Phil Salt powered with 87 off 45 balls (eight fours and six sixes) to comfortably guide his team to a much-needed victory. That batting played a massive role in the struggling Delhi franchise to reach the target in 16.4 overs after losing three wickets.
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