Virat Kohli Record: It is almost certain that when Virat Kohli takes the field, he is set to break some record or another. The 37-year-old is not only one of the best players to ever play the sport, but with his consistency over the years, Kohli has managed to become one of the most prolific run-scorers. In the ongoing 19th season of the Indian Premier League, the right-handed batter became the first player to score 9,000 runs in the competition. Thanks to his heroics in the IPL over the years and for Team India in the shortest format, Kohli now stands on the brink of becoming the fastest to score 14,000 runs in T20s. He needs 106 runs in 17 innings to overtake his former teammate, Chris Gayle, who took 423 innings to reach the milestone.
GT vs RCB: Virat Kohli set to break Chris Gayle’s Historic Record
Virat Kohli is expected to shatter a significant Chris Gayle T20 world record when his team plays the Gujarat Titans in the rematch at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad tonight in an attempt to take the top spot in the standings. Kohli is on the verge of setting a huge Gayle record by becoming the fastest hitter to score 14,000 T20 runs. He needs 106 runs to reach the target after scoring 13894 runs in 405 innings. In 17 innings, he can surpass Gayle’s record and become the fastest player to reach 14,000 runs. In 423 innings, Gayle had reached the mark. In the meantime, Kohli will also accomplish a unique first. The 37-year-old will reach the 14K milestone before any other Indian. As of right now, he is the only Indian player with more than 13,000 runs in the shortest format.
GT vs RCB: Virat Kohli leads with most runs by Indians in T20s
| Rank | Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | Strike Rate | Highest Score | 50s/100s |
| 1 | Virat Kohli | 422 | 405 | 13,894 | 42.23 | 135.26 | 122* | 108/9 |
| 2 | Rohit Sharma | 467 | 454 | 12,385 | 30.96 | 135.48 | 121* | 83/8 |
| 3 | Shikhar Dhawan | 334 | 331 | 9,797 | 32.98 | 125.34 | 106* | 70/2 |
| 4 | Suryakumar Yadav | 368 | 342 | 9,621 | 34.73 | 152.52 | 117 | 64/6 |
| 5 | Sanju Samson | 338 | 321 | 8,704 | 30.86 | 139.42 | 119 | 54/8 |
| 6 | Suresh Raina | 336 | 319 | 8,654 | 32.17 | 137.45 | 126* | 53/4 |
| 7 | KL Rahul | 247 | 234 | 8,483 | 42.84 | 138.82 | 152* | 70/8 |
| 8 | Ajinkya Rahane | 302 | 285 | 7,795 | 30.33 | 126.6 | 105* | 55/2 |
| 9 | MS Dhoni | 405 | 355 | 7,628 | 37.57 | 135.63 | 84* | 28/0 |
| 10 | Dinesh Karthik | 415 | 367 | 7,557 | 26.79 | 136.45 | 97* | 35/0 |
Virat Kohli, being the only Indian player with 13,000 runs in T20s leads the race for scoring the most runs in the shortest format among the Indian batters. His average of 42.23 speaks about the consistency that the former RCB skipper has shown.
GT vs RCB: What happened when these two teams met the last time?
In the reverse fixture at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Gujarat Titans by five wickets as Virat Kohli hammered 81 after being dropped off the opening ball. RCB easily chased down the mark of 206 in the 19th over thanks to Kohli’s 44-ball performance and Devdutt Paddikal’s 55 in a blistering second-wicket stand of 115 runs off 59 balls. Gujarat scored 205-3 earlier in the match thanks to opener Sai Sudharsan’s even 100 off 58 balls, which was his third IPL century. In his 47th IPL encounter, Sudharsan surpassed Chris Gayle’s record of 48 games to become the fastest player to reach 2,000 IPL runs.
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