The 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has entered its final phase. There are only two matches left. 3 teams compete. Royal Challengers Bangalore crashed out of the tournament after losing to Rajasthan in an elimination match on Wednesday. But Virat Kohli achieved a rare feat in this match. The 17-year-old created a record as the first batsman in IPL history.
It can be said that Virat Kohli’s name has been heard before, he is the most consistent player in world cricket including IPL. Such statistics are his own. Be it Test, ODI, T-20, or IPL, he leads the floods and creates new records. He keeps a good average in everything. Having written many records to his name in international cricket, Virat Kohli has not failed in the IPL as well. Virat, who holds many records in this tournament like most runs, most runs in a season, most centuries, has now made another record. As you know Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Rajasthan Royals in the elimination match on Wednesday. Virat crossed another milestone in this match.
Virat Kohli became the first batsman to score 8000 runs in IPL. Before the match against Rajasthan. When he fell short of the record by 29.. In that match, Kohli scored 33 runs from 24 balls and Chahal bowled. In this order, he crossed the mark of 8 thousand. Kohli has a total of 8004 runs in 252 matches in the IPL so far. It has an average of 38.67 and a strike rate of 131.97. Having scored a total of 8 centuries in the IPL, Virat is still on top.
Kohli has no poor. Indian player Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan is second with 6769 runs in the 17-year history of IPL. Next in line are Rohit Sharma (6628), David Warner (6565) and Suresh Raina (5528). With that, Virat’s record doesn’t seem to be there now.
Virat is also the top scorer this season. So the orange cap comes with him. He finished the season with 741 runs in 15 matches. Notable is the batting average of 61.75 and strike rate of 154.70. His total included 62 fours and 38 sixes. There is no one here among Virat Daridaps. Chennai Super Kings captain Ruthuraj Gaikwad is second with 583 runs. Ryan Parag (567), Travis Head (533) and Sai Sudarshan (527) are in the same order..