Virat Kohli IPL Records

Virat Kohli plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He joined the franchise as a rookie in 2008 and has been playing for the same time since then. No other player has represented one franchise for so long in the history of the IPL.

While MS Dhoni is also playing for Chennai Super Kings from the very first season of the IPL, he had to play two seasons for now-defunct Rising Pune Supergiant when the Chennai-based outfit was suspended on corruption charges.

Kohli did struggle to make a big impact in the IPL in the early years. In the first season in 2008, he scored a modest 165 runs in 12 innings at an average of 15.00 and a strike rate of 105.09.

In the following season, there was some improvement as he scored 246 runs. Kohli finally enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2010 when he scored 307 runs and has not looked back since then.

He has touched the 300-run mark in each season since 2010. In 2016, he enjoyed a remarkable season with the bat.

The right-handed batsman became the first-ever batsman to touch the 900-run mark in the season as he scored 973 runs with the help of four centuries. Many believe that it is an unbeatable IPL record of Virat Kohli.

No other player has scored more runs or centuries than him in one season of the IPL as well as all the seasons combined.

Kohli also led RCB from 2013 to 2021. Under his captaincy, RCB qualified for the final once in 2016. Here we are taking a look at some of Virat Kohli's IPL records.

Here are some of the IPL records made by Virat Kohli:

• Highest run-scorer in IPL - 8004
• Most centuries in the IPL - 8
• First batsman to reach, 5500, 6000, 6500, 7000, 7500, and 8000 runs in the IPL.
• Most runs in a season. Kohli scored 973 runs in IPL 2016. He is still the only player to touch the 900-run mark in an IPL season.
• Most centuries in a season. In IPL 2016, Kohli had hit a staggering 4 centuries.
• Most matches as captain of the RCB - 143.
• Most matches for RCB - 252
• Most runs for a single IPL franchise - 7805
• First batsman to score 500 runs in 5 different seasons
• First Indian batsman to win the Orange Cap (awarded to the highest run-scorer in a season) twice.
• Only batsman to score more than 700 runs in an IPL season twice. He scored 973 runs in IPL 2016 before scoring 741 runs in IPL 2024.
• He also jointly holds the record for the highest partnership in IPL. He and AB de Villiers had shared a 229-run stand against the now-defunct Gujarat Lions in IPL 2016.
• Most half-centuries for RCB. Kohli has hit 55 half-centuries for RCB so far and is the only player to hit more than 40 fifties for the franchise. AB de Villiers is second on the list with 37 fifties for RCB.
• Most sixes for RCB. Kohli has hit 272 sixes for RCB so far.
• Most ducks for RCB. Kohli also holds the record for registering the most ducks for RCB. He has failed to open his account 10 times while batting for the Bengaluru-based franchise.
• Most catches in IPL. Kohli holds the record for taking the most catches in the tournament. He has taken 114 catches so far.

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