Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batsman Virat Kohli is about to create history during the ‘Eliminator’ match against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Virat Kohli has a chance to achieve a milestone of massive batting in the next match of IPL 2024.
Virat Kohli has silenced critics who questioned his strike rate in the shortest format of the game. The right-handed batsman is the holder of the ‘Orange Cap’ in the current IPL season. He has scored 708 runs in 14 innings at an average of 64.36 and a strike rate of 155.60. He has smashed a century and five fifties.
The 35-year-old batsman played a crucial role in the Bengaluru-based team’s resurgence after six consecutive losses. The Faf du Plessis-led team reeled off six consecutive wins to reach the playoff phase of IPL 2024. Bengaluru finished fourth in the table with 14 points and a net run rate (NRR) of +0.459.
RCB will take on Rajasthan Royals (RR) in their next match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, May 22. RCB wants to extend their winning streak and reach Qualifier 2. The Sanju Samson-led team suffered four losses in the last match. five games and one was abandoned due to rain.
Virat Kohli needs 29 runs to become the first batsman to achieve this record
Virat Kohli needs just 29 runs to become the first cricketer to reach 8,000 runs in the history of the Indian Premier League. The veteran batsman is the tournament’s leading run-getter. He has scored 7971 runs at an impressive average of 38.69 and strike rate of 131.94, including 8 centuries and 55 fifties.
Shikhar Dhawan is second in the list of leading run-getters, having scored 6769 runs in 222 matches at an average of 35.25, followed by Rohit Sharma, David Warner and Suresh Raina. These batsmen are unlikely to break Virat Kohli’s batting record anytime soon in the Indian Premier League.
Most runs in IPL history
Virat Kohli has reached the IPL final three times (in 2009, 2011 and 2016), but is yet to win the tournament. In 2016, Kohli scored a record 973 runs in 16 matches at an average of over 81 and a strike rate of over 152. He smashed four centuries and seven fifties with a best score of 113.
The star batsman needs 266 more runs to surpass his own record for most runs in a single edition in the IPL. With potentially three matches left for his team, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Kohli has a chance to achieve this milestone if they reach the final.
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