Virat Kohli Creates History, Becomes First Batter In The World To...

Virat Kohli Creates History, Becomes First Batter In The World To...

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Last Updated: April 10, 2025, 20:07 IST

In 257 IPL matches played so far for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 36-year-old Virat Kohli has hammered 721 fours and 279 sixes. He is the first batter to hit 1000 boundaries in the world's richest franchise cricket league.

Virat Kohli becomes first player to hit 1000 boundaries in IPL. (Picture Credit: AP)

Star Indian batter Virat Kohli entered his name in the history books on Thursday (April 10) by becoming the first player in the world to hit 1000 boundaries in the cash-rich Indian Premier League. Kohli, who is one of the four players to feature in all 18 editions of the IPL played so far, has hammered 721 fours and 279 sixes in 257 IPL matches.

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He crossed the 1000-boundary mark in the IPL by hitting DC skipper Axar Patel for a six on the third ball of the fourth over of RCB’s innings of the ongoing IPL match between RCB and DC at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Kohli holds the record for hitting the most fours in the IPL, and in the list of batters with the most sixes, he is only behind Chris Gayle (357) and Rohit Sharma (282).

If he manages to hit a total of five sixes on Thursday, then he will overtake Rohit and move to the No. 2 position.

Apart from that, the all-time leading run scorer in IPL history will also have a chance to become the second batter in the world to hit 100 half-centuries in T20s on Thursday. Kohli, who has 99 fifties to his name in T20s, will join David Warner in the elite list if he crosses the 50-run mark on Thursday.

Axar invites RCB to bat first.

In match No. 24 of IPL 2025, Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and invited the home team to bat first. For the second away match of the ongoing season, DC have made two changes to the playing XI. Ashutosh Sharma and Faf du Plessis are back in place of Sameer Rizvi and Abhishek Porel, whereas RCB is playing with the same team that took the field against the Mumbai Indians on Monday (April 7).

Playing XIs

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (C), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Delhi Capitals: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul (WK), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (C), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh

Delhi Capitals: Abishek Porel, Darshan Nalkande, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira

First Published: April 10, 2025, 19:53 IST

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