In the Wednesday night elimination game between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and India’s run-machine Virat Kohli, Kohli accomplished another milestone at Narendra Modi Stadium. In the IPL, Virat Kohli became the first player to reach 8,000 runs.
In this league, he is now the only batsman with 7000 runs scored. He was out on Wednesday against Rajasthan after hitting 33 runs in 24 balls, three fours, and one six.
At Narendra Modi Stadium on Wednesday night, in the Rajasthan Royals (RR) versus India’s run machine, Virat Kohli reached yet another milestone. Virat Kohli became the first player in the IPL history to surpass 8,000 runs.
He is now the only batsman in this league with 7000 runs scored. Against Rajasthan on Wednesday, he was out after scoring 33 runs in 24 balls with three fours and one six.
Over the course of 252 matches, Kohli has reached this position 244 times. In this competition, he has amassed a maximum score of 8 centuries and 55 half centuries.
He is the batter with the most hundreds in this league in addition to having scored the most runs.
Shikhar Dhawan is the batsman that comes in second place after Virat Kohli in this league with the most runs scored, although he is still a long way from reaching the 7000 mark. Dhawan leads this league in runs scored with 6769.
After participating in the league’s first five games, he had an injury that prevented him from playing the whole season. If not, he might have reached the 7000 run mark this season. He is currently 231 runs away.
With the aid of two centuries and fifty-one half-centuries in 222 matches, Dhawan has amassed this total.
In this competition, just four batsmen have amassed 6000 runs or more. After Virat and Shikhar, the other two players with runs scored are Rohit Sharma (6628) and David Warner (6565).
