Delhi: Whether it is an international match or an exciting match of the Indian Premier League (IPL), whenever the great batsman Virat Kohli lands on the field, records go on their own. A similar view can be seen in the match against Mumbai Indians (Mi) on Monday. If Kohli makes just 17 runs in this match, then he will create a new history. Such a feat, which no Indian batsman has been able to do till date.
The 20th match of IPL 2025 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (Mi) at Wankhede Stadium. In this high-voltage match, everyone’s eyes will once again be on Kohli. If he scored 17 runs, then he will become the first Indian batsman to complete 13 thousand runs in T20 cricket.
Has scored 12983 runs so far
Virat Kohli started the T20 career in 2007 and since then he has scored 12983 runs in 402 matches at an average of 41.47 and a strike rate of 134.20. During this time, 9 centuries and 98 half -centuries have been scored from his bat. He has played 255 matches so far in the IPL, in which he has scored 8101 runs at a strike rate of 132 and an average of 38.76. During this time, Kohli has scored 8 centuries and 56 half -centuries.
At the same time, Virat has scored 4188 runs in 125 matches in T20 International at a strike rate of 137.04 and an average of 48.69. This includes 1 century and 38 half -centuries.
Although Kohli can definitely become Indians first, but he will be the fifth batsman in the world to score 13 thousand runs in T20 cricket. Prior to them, four foreign players have shown this feat/ Chris Gayle is at the top of this list, whose names are 14562 runs. At number two is Alex Hales (13610 runs), Shoaib Malik (13557 runs) at third and Kieron Pollard (13537 runs) in fourth place.
Now it will be interesting to see if Kohli is able to cross this historic stop on Monday or not.
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