The first match will be played between Chennai Super Kings and last year’s champions, Gujarat Titans. One of the 10 teams, Royal Challengers Bangalore, awaits its first trophy. In this IPL, RCB is considered as a strong contender for the title.
Virat Kohli has always been a star batsman for RCB. He has scored a lot of runs with the bat for RCB. However, Virat Kohli captained Royal Challengers Bangalore for 9 years, but he failed to win the IPL trophy for the team. Virat has made many big records in the history of cricket.
Virat Kohli is very close to making another big record. He has a chance to achieve three special achievements in IPL.
- Virat Kohli has scored so many runs in IPL that no one is ahead of him in the history of this league. Kohli has so far scored 6624 runs while playing 223 matches in IPL. Kohli is on top of the list of highest run-scorers in IPL, and if he scores 376 more runs in the upcoming IPL season, he will become the first player to score 7000 runs in this tournament. Looking at his current form, he will easily reach this record. Shikhar Dhawan is number two and has scored 6,244 runs so far.
- Virat Kohli’s fitness is amazing. His agility on the field is amazing. Due to his excellent fielding, Kohli has taken 97 catches in the IPL. If he catches 3 catches this season, he will join the Suresh and Kieron Pollard club. Suresh Raina has a record of catching 109 catches in the IPL, while Kieron Pollard has 103 catches.
- Chris Gayle has the most centuries in the history of IPL. Chris Gayle has scored 6 centuries in IPL. At the same time, Kohli has 5 centuries in his name. He is present at number two. Kohli has done wonders scoring four centuries in a single season.
Looking at Virat Kohli’s IPL statistics, he has played 223 matches in IPL and scored 6624 runs. He has also scored 5 centuries and 44 half-centuries in the same number of matches. His highest score has been 113 runs.
