Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Virat Kohli scripted history during his team’s Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match against Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
Virat became the first player to score 9,000 T20 runs for a single franchise – Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). The 36-year-old Kohli, who has been with RCB since the inaugural IPL season in 2008, needed just 24 runs heading into the game and he achieved the milestone with ease.
Kohli has scored 8,579 runs and counting for RCB in the IPL, along with 424 runs in the now-defunct Champions League T20.
Most Runs For A Team In Men’s T20s
9000* – Virat Kohli for RCB
6060 – Rohit Sharma for MI
5934 – James Vince for Hampshire
5528 – Suresh Raina for CSK
5314 – MS Dhoni for CSK
Virat was eventually dismissed for 54 off 30 balls by Avesh Khan in the 12th over of RCB’s 228-run chase.
During his innings, Kohli also broke David Warner’s record for most fifties in the IPL by scoring his 63rd half-century in the tournament. Notably, Kohli has scored the most runs in the IPL history and he sits fifth in the list of the top run-scorers in all T20s.
RCB Beat LSG By 6 Wickets to Enter Qualifier 1
Jitesh Sharma and Virat Kohli made thrilling fifties as Royal Challengers Bengaluru registered a stunning six-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants to seal a place in Qualifier 1 of the IPL 2025 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Tuesday.
Chasing an imposing target of 228, Virat Kohli scored 30-ball 54 before Jitesh Sharma (85 off 33 balls) and Mayank Agarawal (41 off 23) added 107 runs for the fifth wicket to seal an impressive result for RCB with eight balls to spare. Earlier, Rishabh Pant’s 61-ball unbeaten 118 and Mitchell Marsh’s 37-ball 67 powered LSG to 227 for three.
RCB will now meet league toppers Punjab Kings in the Qualifier 1 on Thursday, while Gujarat Titans will clash with Mumbai Indians in the Eliminator on Friday.
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