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Virat Kohli: The first match of IPL 2024 is being played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). With the beginning of the season, Virat Kohli has made a big record in his name. He has made many records in his career, but now he has completed 12,000 runs in his T20 career and has become the first Indian cricketer to do so. He became the first Indian and sixth batsman in the world to complete 12 thousand runs.
Virat Kohli completed 12,000 runs
Virat Kohli has completed 12,000 runs in his T20 career after scoring 6 runs against CSK in the first match of IPL 2024. Virat has played 377 matches so far in his T20 career, scoring more than 12,000 runs in 359 innings. During this period his average has been 41.21. He has also scored 8 centuries and 91 half-centuries in his long career. He is the third fastest player to reach 12 thousand runs in T20 matches. Kohli had earlier become the fastest player to reach 11,000 runs in this format, achieving the feat in 353 matches. King Kohli dominates the T20 format as he plays in both international T20 and t20 world cup He is the highest run scorer in the history of .
5 players have done this before Kohli
Before Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle, Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Alex Hales and David Warner have done this. Chris Gayle is the highest run scorer so far in T20 cricket. He has scored 14,562 runs in 463 matches so far. He has also scored 22 centuries and 88 half-centuries in his career. Especially in terms of centuries, Kohli is far behind.
RCB's playing eleven
Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Anuj Rawat, Karn Sharma, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar and Mohammed Siraj.
Chennai's playing eleven
Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Deepak Chahar, Mahish Thixana, Mustafizur Rahman and Tushar Deshpande.