 "RR vs RCB Eliminator: Kohli first player to hit 8000 runs in IPL history")
Virat Kohli, when he took a single against Sandeep Sharma in the last over of the powerplay during Royal Challengers Benaglauru's match against the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Eliminator, became the first player in the IPL history to touch the milestone of 8000 runs.
Kohli, who had amassed 714 runs in the 14 games of the league stages of IPL 2024, is in great touch and batting brilliantly this season, He averages 64 and strikes at 155, which has been a rarity to expect from him in the past seasons.
The 35-year-old is the only batter to reach even the 7000 runs milestone in IPL as the second highest run-scorer in IPL, Shikhar Dhawan has 6769 runs in his kitty. Kohli is playing his 252nd game in the league.
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| Virat Kohli batting & fielding stats in Indian Premier League history | ||||||||||||
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT |
| Career | 252 | 38 | 8000 | 113 | 38.83 | 6059 | 132.03 | 8 | 55 | 705 | 272 | 115 |
| 2024 | 15 | 4 | 737 | 113* | 67 | 473 | 155.81 | 1 | 5 | 62 | 38 | 8 |
| 2023 | 14 | 2 | 639 | 101* | 53.25 | 457 | 139.82 | 2 | 6 | 65 | 16 | 13 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1 | 341 | 73 | 22.73 | 294 | 115.99 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 9 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1 | 405 | 72* | 28.92 | 339 | 119.46 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 9 | 8 |
| 2020 | 15 | 4 | 466 | 90* | 42.36 | 384 | 121.35 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 3 |
| 2019 | 14 | 0 | 464 | 100 | 33.14 | 328 | 141.46 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 13 | 5 |
| 2018 | 14 | 3 | 530 | 92* | 48.18 | 381 | 139.1 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 18 | 8 |
| 2017 | 10 | 0 | 308 | 64 | 30.8 | 252 | 122.22 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 6 |
| 2016 | 16 | 4 | 973 | 113 | 81.08 | 640 | 152.03 | 4 | 7 | 83 | 38 | 6 |
| 2015 | 16 | 5 | 505 | 82* | 45.9 | 386 | 130.82 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 23 | 7 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1 | 359 | 73 | 27.61 | 294 | 122.1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 7 |
| 2013 | 16 | 2 | 634 | 99 | 45.28 | 457 | 138.73 | 0 | 6 | 64 | 22 | 7 |
| 2012 | 16 | 2 | 364 | 73* | 28 | 326 | 111.65 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 7 |
| 2011 | 16 | 4 | 557 | 71 | 46.41 | 460 | 121.08 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 16 | 7 |
| 2010 | 16 | 2 | 307 | 58 | 27.9 | 212 | 144.81 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 3 |
| 2009 | 16 | 2 | 246 | 50 | 22.36 | 219 | 112.32 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 |
| 2008 | 13 | 1 | 165 | 38 | 15 | 157 | 105.09 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2 |