In the first clash of the Indian Premier League 2024, defending champions Chennai Super Kings will take against Royal Challengers Bangaluru at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. In this match, former RCB captain Virat Kohli will look to reach a huge milestone in his kitty.
Virat Kohli has been out of action since the third T20I match against Afghanistan in January. The prolific right-handed batsman made the decision to skip the recent five-match Test series against England to support his wife, Anushka Sharma, during the birth of their second child, a baby boy named Akaay.
The cricketer encounters a challenge in the upcoming season owing to his limited match practice. To address this, Kohli has been rigorously training in the nets, facing both pacers and spinners, in a concerted effort to regain his form and rhythm ahead of the tournament opener.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore are set to take on the defending champions, the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday, March 22nd. The Chennai team secured a victory in their previous encounter with the RCB team during the IPL opener in 2019.
Virat Kohli is on the verge of making history as he requires just 6 runs to become the first Indian cricketer to achieve the milestone of 12,000 runs in T20 cricket. With this, he will join an elite group of five players who have accomplished this feat. Chris Gayle holds the record with an impressive tally of 14,562 runs, which includes 22 centuries and 88 fifties.
The former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik Shoaib with 13096 runs, Kieron Pollard with 12625 runs, and Alex Hales with 12089 runs are among the cricketers who have reached this significant milestone. Australian opening batsman David Warner has also touched this milestone and currently, he has 12033 T20 runs under his belt.
