IPL 2022: Virat Kohli becomes the first batsman to score 7000 runs for RCB, touches 3000 runs while chasing

New Delhi, Online Desk. Former RCB captain and veteran batsman Virat Kohli played an important role in helping his team win against Gujarat in the 67th league match of IPL 2022. Kohli played a half-century inning his team to win by 8 wickets and made his highest score of the season in this match. He scored 73 runs in 54 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 8 fours. After this innings, he also made some very special records in his name and also broke the records of David Warner and KL Rahul.

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Kohli completes 7000 runs for RCB

Virat Kohli became the first batsman to complete 7000 runs for RCB. Out of this, he has scored 6592 runs in 221 matches for this team in IPL itself, apart from this he scored a total of 424 runs in 15 matches of Champions League for RCB. That is, Virat Kohli has scored a total of 7,016 runs for this team so far.

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Top three batsmen who scored the most runs for RCB-

7016 – Virat Kohli

4522 – AB de Villiers

3420 – Chris Gayle

Kohli became the first batsman to score 3000 runs while chasing in IPL

Virat Kohli is also called Chase Master and he proved this thing once again after a long time. He not only won the team by playing an innings of 73 runs against Gujarat, but also became the first batsman to score 3000 runs in IPL while accelerating.

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Kohli breaks David Warner’s record

Virat Kohli scored more than 70 runs for the 23rd time in IPL and overtook David Warner. Warner had done this 22 times in IPL so far. At the same time, Chris Gayle is at number one in terms of playing the most innings of more than 70 in this league and he has done this 26 times. At the same time, Dhawan has done this amazing 19 times.

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Top four batsmen who have scored more than 70 runs in IPL

26 – Chris Gayle

23 – Virat Kohli

22 – David Warner

19 – Shikhar Dhawan

Kohli overtakes KL Rahul

Kohli scored more than 50 runs while chasing for the 19th time in IPL and left KL Rahul behind. Rahul did this 18 times in this league. At the same time, the batsman who has scored more than 50 runs while chasing in IPL is Shikhar Dhawan and he has done so 22 times.

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Batsmen who scored more than 50 runs while chasing in IPL-

22 – Shikhar Dhawan

20 – Gautam Gambhir

19 – Virat Kohli

18 – KL Rahul