DC vs RCB: Virat Kohli Creates History, Becomes First Player To Score 7000 IPL Runs And 1000 IPL Runs Against Delhi Capitals

Royal Challengers Bangalore superstar Virat Kohli, on Saturday (May 6), added yet another feather to his illustrious cap. The right-handed batsman created history during the match against Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

Virat Kohli became the first-ever batsman to score 7,000 runs in the history of IPL. And fittingly, he achieved a record at the very ground where he began playing his cricket before making it big in the international arena. The boy from Delhi had a forgettable campaign in the IPL last year where he managed just 341 runs from 16 matches at an average of 22.73.

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However, he has looked in good form in the ongoing season and has formed a formidable opening partnership with Faf du Plessis. In 9 games of IPL 2023 so far, he has scored close to 400 runs with the help of 5 fifties.

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Virat Kohli enters 7000-run club:

Virat Kohli has now become the first-ever player to score 7000 runs in the IPL. He achieved the feat when he got to 12 runs. Before the DC match, Kohli’s run tally in the Indian Premier League stood at 6988 in 233 IPL matches at an average of 36.61.

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The right-handed batsman is one of the few players who played in the first-ever IPL season and are still active. While Kohli has entered the 7000-run club, no other player is close to him at the moment. Shikhar Dhawan is second on the list of most IPL runs, having scored 6536 runs so far. Only two other players – David Warner and Rohit Sharma have scored more than 6000 runs in the IPL so far.

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Most runs in the IPL table:

Apart from completing 7000 runs in IPL, Kohli achieved another impressive record on Saturday. He became the first-ever batsman to score 1000 runs in the IPL against Delhi Capitals. Overall, he became the 4th player in the league to do so.

Here is a list of players with more than 1000 runs against a team in IPL:

1075 – David Warner vs KKR
1057 – Shikhar Dhawan vs CSK
1040 – Rohit Sharma vs KKR
1005 – David Warner vs PBKS
1000 – Virat Kohli vs DC

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