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Virat Kohli can create history today (April 27) by scoring just 11 runs in the 39th match of IPL 2026 against Delhi Capitals. With this record, legends like Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni will be left far away. Let us tell you that Kohli is currently the highest run-scorer batsman in IPL history.
After scoring 11 runs, Kohli will have the biggest record in his name.
Actually, Kohli needs only 11 runs to touch the 9000 run mark in his IPL career. If he scores 11 runs in today’s match against Delhi, Kohli will become the first batsman to touch this figure in the tournament. In this way Kohli will make the biggest record in his name. The thing to note is that on one hand Kohli is close to touching the figure of 9 thousand runs, on the other hand no other batsman in the history of the tournament has been able to touch even the figure of 8 thousand runs.
Even in the current season, Kohli’s bat is speaking volumes. He has scored 328 runs in 7 innings of 7 matches at an average of 54.67 and strike rate of 163.18, which includes 3 half-centuries. Kohli is at fifth position in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs.
Batsman who scored most runs in IPL
- Virat Kohli- 8989 runs (274 matches)
- Rohit Sharma- 7183 runs (276 matches)
- Shikhar Dhawan- 6769 runs (222 matches)
- David Warner- 6565 runs (184 matches)
- KL Rahul- 5579 runs (152 matches)
Virat Kohli’s IPL career
Kohli has played 274 matches in his IPL career so far. Batting in 266 innings of these matches, he has scored 8989 runs at an average of 39.95 and strike rate of 133.76. During this period, he has scored 8 centuries and 66 half-centuries, in which the high score was 113*. Let us tell you that Kohli is among those selected players, who are playing in IPL since the first season i.e. 2008. Right from the beginning, Kohli has kept himself on top in terms of scoring runs continuously.
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