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Virat Kohli: 1st To Reach 7000 IPL Runs

Virat Kohli became the 1st player to reach 7000 runs. He completed this milestone in 225 innings. In his IPL career, Kohli has scored 7043 runs in 225 innings.

Sandipan Ghosh
Last updated: 07.05.2023
Virat Kohli 1st To Reach 7000 IPL Runs

Last Saturday (6 May), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star Virat Kohli created history in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The 34-year-old Indian right-handed batter became the first to reach the 7000 IPL runs milestone.

It was the match between Delhi Capitals (DC) and RCB at Arun Jaitley Stadium (Delhi). During that game, Virat Kohli provided a solid start with an 82-run opening partnership with the skipper Faf du Plessis and also scored 55 runs off 46 balls (five fours).   

Before that game, the right-handed batter Kohli was only 12 runs away from the 7000 IPL runs milestone. With a four to Axar Patel in the second over of the game, Kohli became the first player to complete 7000 IPL runs.

In his IPL career, Kohli has scored 7043 runs in 225 innings (233 matches).


Virat Kohli: Completing IPL runs milestone

Runs Milestone

Number of Innings

Achievement Date (DD/MM/YYYY)

1000

45

29/04/2011

2000

79

29/04/2013

3000

110

10/05/2015

4000

128

18/05/2016

5000

157

28/03/2019

6000

188

22/04/2021

7000

225

06/05/2023


Also Read | Virat Kohli IPL Records


First to reach IPL runs milestone (IPL season when the milestone was first recorded)


  • Adam Gilchrist was the first player to complete 1000 IPL runs. (IPL 2010)

  • Suresh Raina was the first player to complete 2000 IPL runs. (IPL 2012)

  • Suresh Raina was the first player to complete 3000 IPL runs. (IPL 2014)

  • Virat Kohli was the first player to complete 4000 IPL runs. (IPL 2016)

  • Suresh Raina was the first player to complete 5000 IPL runs. (IPL 2019)

  • Virat Kohli was the first player to complete 6000 IPL runs. (IPL 2021)

  • Latest new milestone: Virat Kohli became the first player to complete 7000 IPL runs. (IPL 2023)


Also Read | Virat Kohli becomes the first cricketer to score 7000 T20 runs for a team


DC won the match

Coming back to the latest DC vs RCB match, Kohli’s 55, Du Plessis’ 45 off 32 balls (five fours and only six) and Mahipal Lomror’s 54 not out off 29 balls (six fours and three sixes) helped RCB to manage the first innings total of 181/4 in 20 overs.

In reply, DC opener Phil Salt powered with 87 off 45 balls (eight fours and six sixes) to comfortably guide his team to a much-needed victory. That batting played a massive role in the struggling Delhi franchise to reach the target in 16.4 overs after losing three wickets.

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