By Ravi - Apr 03, 2025 02:56 PM
In the first season of IPL in 2008, Royal Challengers Bangalore included young Virat Kohli in their team and since then Kohli has been a part of the RCB team. Virat Kohli is one of the most legendary players of IPL and has many records to his name. Apart from being a batsman, Virat Kohli has also contributed to the RCB team as a captain. However, despite the presence of a player like Kohli in the team, the RCB team has not been able to win the IPL title even once.
Virat Kohli holds the record for scoring the most runs in IPL and is the only batsman to score more than 8000 runs. IPL 2025 is underway, Kohli has so far scored 8101 runs in 255 matches with eight centuries and 56 half-centuries, an average of 38.76 and a strike rate of 132.01. Apart from this, Kohli is also the only batsman to play more than 6000 balls in IPL.
Virat Kohli also holds the record for scoring the most centuries in IPL. Kohli has scored 8 centuries in 255 IPL matches, out of which he scored four centuries in 2016. After that Kohli scored one century in 2019, two in 2023 and one in 2024.
Virat Kohli holds the record for scoring the most runs in an IPL season and no one is even close to him in this regard. Kohli played 16 matches in 2016 and scored 973 runs with the help of four centuries and seven half-centuries.
Virat Kohli is the Indian batsman who has scored the most 50+ scores in IPL. Kohli has scored 50 or more runs 56 times in 255 matches which includes 8 centuries and 56 half-centuries. However, the IPL record in this case is in the name of David Warner who has scored 50+ runs 62 times.
Virat Kohli holds the record of scoring more than 500 runs in an IPL season 7 times. Kohli scored more than 500 runs for the first time in 2011. In that season, he scored 557 runs in 16 matches with the help of four half-centuries. After this, he scored more than 500 runs in 2013 and 2015, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2024. Out of these, Kohli also won the Orange Cap by scoring the most runs in 2016 and 2024.
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