Delhi: In the first match of IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore faced Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday. Virat Kohli achieved an important achievement in this match. Virat Kohli played the 400th T20 match of his career and thus he became the third Indian player to reach this point after Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik.
Virat Kohli’s 400th T20 match
Kohli participated in his 400th T20 match in this match of IPL 2025. Earlier, Rohit Sharma has played 448 and Dinesh Karthik 412 T20 matches. After this historical achievement of Virat, he has become the third Indian player in this record.
Milestone Unlocked 🔓
4⃣0⃣0⃣ T20 matches and counting
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Record of playing the most matches in T20 cricket
Kieron Pollard has the record of playing the most matches in T20 cricket, who has played 695 T20 matches. During this, Pollard scored 13,537 runs. Dwayne Bravo at number two, Shoaib Malik at number three, Andre Russell on fourth and Sunil Narayan at number five. Rohit Sharma is ranked 12th in this list, who has scored 11,830 runs in 448 T20 matches. Dinesh Karthik has scored 7,537 runs in 412 matches.
India’s T20 player figures
| player name | Number of matches | Number of runs |
|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | 448 | 11,830 |
| Dinesh karthik | 412 | 7,537 |
| Virat Kohli | 400 | 12,886* |
Kohli’s T20 International Career
Kohli is the third highest run -scorer in T20 International cricket. He retired from this format after the 2024 T20 World Cup. Kohli scored 4,188 runs in 117 innings of 125 T20 international matches at an average of 48.69 and a strike rate of 137.04. During this, he also scored 38 half -centuries and 1 century.
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