Virat Kohli is one of the players who have played IPL for 18 years with consistent performance in every season. Dinesh Karthik praised Virat Kohli for his passion and dedication to the sport and for inspiring every young player in the country. Virat Kohli scored more than 9000 runs in IPL history, and he is the highest run-getter in IPL history. Virat Kohli also recorded the most runs in an IPL season as he scored 973 runs in the IPL 2016 season.
Virat Kohli played a composed innings of 54 runs in an important chase against Lucknow Super Giants to secure the top 2 spot in the IPL points table. RCB’s batting coach Dinesh Karthik credited Virat Kohli as a ‘genius par excellence’ for his consistent performances in the IPL. Virat Kohli scored 54 runs off 30 balls gave a solid start to the RCB and laid the platform for the middle order in a record chase of 228 runs.
Virat Kohli’s records galore for Royal Challengers Benguluru (RCB) over 18 years and sensational run in IPL 2025
Virat Kohli has made history for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL 2025. Playing against Lucknow Super Giants, Virat Kohli reached 9000 runs for RCB when he reached the score of 24. The former Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli is the first player to do so. He also slammed a half-century in 27 balls.
Virat Kohli achieved another big feat. Virat Kohi is now the first batter to cross 600 five times in IPL. Virat Kohli is RCB’s highest-ever run-getter in history, combining statistics from IPL and now-defunct Champions League T20. Virat Kohli ultimately fell on 54.
Most runs for a team in Men’s T20s
9004 – Virat Kohli for RCB
6060 – Rohit Sharma for MI
5934 – James Vince for Hampshire
5528 – Suresh Raina for CSK
5314 – MS Dhoni for CSK
600-plus aggregate in an IPL editionÂ
5 – Virat Kohli (2013, 2016, 2023, 2024, 2025)
4 – KL Rahul (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022)
3 – Chris Gayle (2011, 2012, 2013)
3 – David Warner (2016, 2017, 2019)
Before Tuesday’s match, in 279 matches and 270 innings, he has scored 8,970 runs at an average of 39.54 and a strike rate of 133.49. Virat Kohli has scored eight centuries and 64 fifties. Kohli best score is 113*. Virat Kohliis the highest run-getter in IPL history, with 8,552 runs in 264 matches and 256 innings at an average of 39.59, with eight centuries and 62 fifties.
In 15 matches for RCB in CLT20, he has made 424 runs at an average of 38.54 and a strike rate of 150.35, with two half-centuries. His best score is 84*. He is the franchise’s top run-getter in the competition.Virat Kohli’s has been sensational this season, top-scoring for the franchise with 548 runs in 12 innings at an average of 60.88 and a strike rate of 145.35. He has scored seven fifties, with the best score of 73*. He is the sixth-highest run-getter in the tournament currently
Virat Kohli has been a clutch player for his team. In the important chases, there are very rare chances that without Kohli’s contribution, his team would have won the game. Virat Kohli scored the most runs while chasing in the IPL as he scored 3946 runs in 123 innings at an average of 41.10. No other player has scored more than 3000 runs in chasing and above 40 average at the same time in IPL history.
Virat Kohli’s impactful innings vs LSG leads the foundation of RCB’s entry to Playoffs in 2025
Royal Challengers Bengaluru delivered a stunning performance in their final league-stage game of the Indian Premier League. Playing at the Ekana Stadium against Lucknow Super Giants, RCB shocked Rishabh Pant’s side by chasing down a massive target of 228 runs in just 18.4 overs.
The record-breaking chase at the Ekana Stadium propelled RCB to second place in the IPL points table, securing a spot in Qualifier 1, where they will face Shreyas Iyer’s Punjab Kings on May 29.
The match featured several dramatic moments as RCB fluctuated between seemingly losing the game and pulling off one of the most thrilling comebacks in recent memory. Tuesday’s win also marked RCB’s seventh consecutive victory at away venues, a first in the history of the Indian Premier League.
The chase was anchored by a brilliant half-century from Kohli – his 63rd in the Indian Premier League. During his innings, Virat Kohli also crossed the 9000-run mark for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, becoming the first batter in world cricket to achieve this milestone for a single franchise.
Virat Kohli set up the chase with a stunning low-risk knock of 54 runs off 30 balls. Despite playing low risk shots, Virat Kohli was able to dominate the powerplay as RCB churned up over sixty runs inside the first six overs. This was Virat Kohli’s 8th half century of IPL 2025 – the most by any batter this season. Dinesh Karthik has hailed Virat Kohli as a ‘genius par excellence’ for surpassing 9000 IPL runs. Kohli’s 54-run innings led RCB’s chase against Lucknow.
RCB’s batting coach Dinesh Karthik lauds Virat Kohli after his stellar knock vs LSG in IPL 2025
Former India and Royal Challengers Bengaluru wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has said that Kohli is a ‘genius par excellence’, lauding him for scoring over 9000 runs in the Indian Premier League, a feat unmatched by anyone and far from most other batters in the business currently.
Virat Kohli all but set the tone for Bengaluru in the 228-run chase against the Lucknow Super Giants on Tuesday with a blistering 54-run innings off 30 deliveries. Virat Kohli has smacked eight fifties in IPL 2025, in which he has made 602 runs at a stunning average of 60.2.
Playing his 18th Indian Premier League season, Kohli remains a strong contender in the Orange Cap race, holding the fifth spot on the leaderboard.
“Genius par excellence, that’s the start, I’ll say for Virat Kohli. Across 18 seasons, he already averages, not averages, he’s got 9000 runs, which is 500 runs a season. People managed to get those 12 seasons,” Karthik said while speaking after the match.
“Hayden has got it a few times more, but it is such a hard ask. But for him to come churn out runs every year, have that motivation, even in warmups, the way he feels. I was just hitting a few balls to him, the speed at which it comes back in the mid, it tells you the man has got so much passion,” Karthik added.
Virat Kohli’s passion is unmatchable, and Karthik wants young boys and girls not just to watch his cricket, watch his passion, hard work, and dedication to the sport.
“I was just hitting a few balls to him, the speed at which it comes back in the mid, it tells you the man has got so much passion and intensity with anything he wants to do, and that’s such a brilliant attribute for any young boy and girl wanting to play sport, forget cricket, just the passion, the hard work, the dedication, with every minute you spend towards the sport. He is a walking example of that,” Karthik added.
Against Lucknow, Bengaluru began in a hurry chasing an imposing 228, as Kohli and Phil Salt added 61 runs within the powerplay before Jitesh Sharma and Mayank Agarwal took them home. But it began with Kohli and Salt playing risk-free cricket even in the powerplay, smacking 12 boundaries in that phase before the latter got dismissed by Akash Singh.
But Kohli continued to pierce the field for fours even after the powerplay and a backfoot punch that raced to the fence for a boundary off Akash was a treat to watch. The shot carried Kohli past the 50-run mark off just 27 deliveries, but he couldn’t convert that into something bigger.RCB will take on the Punjab Kings for a spot in the final on Thursday in Mullanpur.