IPL 2024: Virat Kohli will create history by scoring 6 runs in the first match against CSK, a big record will be created

IPL 2024 season is starting from today i.e. 22nd March. The opening match of IPL 2024 will be played between defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. In this match against Chennai Super Kings, RCB batsman Virat Kohli can make a big record which no Indian batsman has been able to make till date. Indian team's experienced batsman Virat Kohli is all set to create history in T20 cricket.

If Virat Kohli scores 6 runs in the IPL match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) today, he will become the first Indian batsman to complete 12,000 runs in entire T20 cricket. Till date no Indian batsman has been able to achieve this record. After scoring 6 runs, Virat Kohli will become the first batsman from India and the sixth in the world to score 12000 or more runs in T20 cricket.

Talking about Virat Kohli's cricket career, the cricketer has so far scored 11994 runs in 376 T20 matches at an average of 41.21.

So far only Chris Gayle, Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Alex Hales and David Warner have scored 12000 or more runs overall in T20 cricket.

Most runs in T20 cricket

1. Chris Gayle (West Indies) – 14562 runs in 463 matches

2.Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) – 13360 runs in 542 matches

3. Kieron Pollard (West Indies) – 12900 runs in 660 matches
4. Alex Hales (England) – 12319 runs in 449 matches
5. David Warner (Australia) – 12065 runs in 370 matches
6. Virat Kohli (India) – 11994 runs in 376 matches

Opportunity to break the record of scoring most runs against CSK

If Virat Kohli scores 73 more runs in this match, then he will hold the record of scoring the most runs in IPL against Chennai Super Kings. Virat Kohli has scored 985 runs in 31 IPL matches against Chennai Super Kings. Currently, the record of scoring most runs against Chennai Super Kings in IPL is in the name of Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan.

Shikhar Dhawan has scored 1057 runs in 29 IPL matches against Chennai Super Kings. Virat Kohli needs only 73 runs to break Shikhar Dhawan's record. Virat Kohli will complete 1000 IPL runs as soon as he scores 15 runs against Chennai Super Kings.

Highest IPL runs against CSK