Virat Kohli broke yet another record in Indian Premier League (IPL) history as he became the first batter to score 8000 runs in the Eliminator against the Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday. Kohli, who enjoyed his second-most prolific season in the league with over 700 runs after that iconic 2016 season where he scored 973, has scored one century and 5 fifties in the 2024 edition. His batting form was also one of the biggest reasons that RCB came back from the abyss to qualify from the play-offs and is also the current Orange Cap holder. Kohli capped off his lead at the top of the run-scoring chart as he notched 33 in the eliminator. However, the former RCB skipper, who has 741 runs to his name from 15 outings, won’t be able to play another innings this season as RCB’s season came to an end in a four-wicket defeat at the hands of RR. The player who has scored 8 centuries and 55 fifties in his IPL career had also broken another record in the last match against Chennai Super Kings when he became the first player to complete 3000 IPL runs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, becoming the first IPL batter to reach 3000 runs at a venue across 17 editions. 𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗣𝗟 𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗦! 🤯 The first ever batter to reach this milestone 🫡🫡 Congratulations, Virat Kohli 👏👏 Follow the Match ▶️ #TATAIPL | #RRvRCB | #Eliminator | #TheFinalCall | @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/fZ1V7eow0X — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 22, 2024 Kohli featured in his maiden IPL appearance for the RCB at the Chinnaswamy in the IPL’s inaugural match, against the Kolkata Knight Riders on April 18, 2008. He was dismissed for one run in that outing. In 86 innings since the former RCB captain has notched up 22 fifties and four centuries at the venue with a best of 113. Kohli has slammed 124 sixes at the ground. Overall, Kohli has aggregated over 3400 runs at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, accounting for 116 runs in eight T20Is for India at the ground since 2012. Kohli’s four centuries are also the most by an IPL batter at a single venue and the joint-second most in all T20s, only behind Chris Gayle who had slammed five centuries at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
