Virat Kohli Records in IPL: RCB’s dashing batsman Virat Kohli is all set to spread his charm in the 18th season of IPL. In the mega event, RCB will challenge defending champions KKR in their very first match. If Bangalore has to win this match, then it is very important for runs to come out of Kohli’s bat.
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Virat Kohli: King Kohli’s bat roared fiercely last season. He scored 741 runs in 15 matches and managed to win the Orange Cap for the second time in the history of the league. RCB fans are hopeful that Kohli’s bat will not remain silent this season as well. Let’s know about those 5 big records that Virat Kohli can break in IPL 2025.
5. Can become the second batsman to score most centuries in T20 cricket
Right-handed veteran Virat Kohli has scored 8 centuries in T20 cricket and has a century to his name in T20 International. In this way, Kohli has scored a total of 9 centuries in this format. He is third in terms of scoring the most centuries in T20 cricket. Babar Azam with 11 centuries is second in this list. Kohli will have to score three more centuries this season to leave the former Pakistan captain behind. Chris Gayle is at number one in this list with 22 centuries.
4. Can become the first Indian player to score 13000 runs in T20 cricket
Virat Kohli has scored 12,886 runs in T20 cricket so far. He is just 114 runs away from touching the 13,000 run mark in this format. If Kohli succeeds in doing so, he will become the first Indian batsman to score 13000 T20 runs. Rohit Sharma is behind him with 11830 runs.
Chris Gayle (14562), Alex Hales (13610), Shoaib Malik (13537) and Kieron Pollard (13537) have achieved the feat of scoring 13 thousand runs in T20 cricket. Kohli can be included in this special list as the first Indian batsman.
3. Record of catching most catches on the outfield
Currently, the record of catching most catches on the outfield in IPL is registered in the name of former RCB batsman AB de Villiers. He has caught 118 catches in 184 matches. Kohli is in second place with 114 catches. In this way, Kohli will have to catch 5 more catches to get ahead of de Villiers.
2. Can become the first player to hit 1000 boundaries in IPL
So far in the history of IPL, no player has hit 1000 boundaries. Kohli has to hit 23 more boundaries to make this record in his name. He has hit 977 boundaries (705 fours and 272 sixes) in 252 matches so far.
1. Record of scoring 50 plus scores the most number of times in IPL
The record of scoring 50 plus scores the most number of times in IPL is currently registered in the name of David Warner. He has done this feat 66 times. At the same time, Kohli has scored 50 plus scores 63 times. In this way, this legendary right-handed batsman will have to score 4 fifty plus scores to beat Warner.
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