Virat Kohli, Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter, on Saturday became the first batter in IPL history to touch 7500-run tally in the 17-year history of the tournament. Kohli achieved the feat during the match against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur. The next best tally in IPL belongs to Shikhar Dhawan – 6755 – over 740 runs less than Kohli.Virat Kohli will have the opportunity to become the first player to score 8000+ runs for a single team in the T20 format. To achieve the landmark, the former RCB skipper needs to score 110 runs against the Rajasthan-based franchise on Saturday.Before Saturday, the 35-year-old has played 256 matches and 247 innings for RCB, where he scored 7890 runs at a strike rate of 131.23. He has 7 centuries and 54 fifties for the Bengaluru-based franchise. In the ongoing season of the IPL 2024, Kohli is the highest run-getter of the tournament.Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain Sanju Samson won the toss and opted to bowl against Faf du Plessis-led Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match here at Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Saturday.RR heads into the game on the back of a victory against Mumbai Indians (MI) while RCB suffered a defeat to Lucknow Super Giants in its previous match.IPL 202422 Mar 24 to 26 May ay at 3:30 pm.”
