IPL 2022: Virat Kohli brought the milestone of the first ball he got against PBKS.© BCCI/IPL
Royal Challengers Bangalore batter Virat Kohli on Friday became the first batter to complete 6,500 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. The right-handed batter accomplished this feat in the ongoing game against Punjab Kings at Brabourne Stadium. The former RCB skipper scored 6,500 runs in his 220th game in the money-rich competition. In the on-going game, Kohli brought out the feat in the opening over of RCB’s innings bowled by Harpreet Brar.
Before this match, Kohli had 6,499 runs in 219 games at an IPL average of 36.31.
The batter’s best performance in the league was in 2016, when he scored 973 runs. In that particular season, Kohli defeated four centuries and helped RCB reach the final. In the game at the top, the team came up short against SunRisers Hyderabad.
Speaking of the current season, Kohli started batting at number 3 and he had registered two back-to-back ducks against Lucknow Super Giants and SunRisers Hyderabad.
After that, Kohli started opening for the franchise and in the match against Gujarat Titans, he played 58 runs off 53 balls. In the next match against Chennai Super Kings, Kohli scored 30 runs off 33 balls.
For RCB’s last game against SRH, Kohli only needed one run to reach 6,500, but he fell on the very first ball of the match bowled by Jagadeesha Suchith.
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The batter would hope to return to his flowing self to help RCB make it to the playoffs.
Speaking of international cricket, Kohli had last scored an international ton in 2019 in a day-night test against Bangladesh and the three-digit mark has eluded him ever since.
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