Legendary Indian batter Virat Kohli created history during Royal Challengers Bengaluru'sIPL 2026match againstDelhi Capitalsat Arun Jaitley Stadium, on April 27 (Monday). He became the first player in the history of the Indian Premier League to complete 9000 runs. He only needed 11 runs to reach this historic milestone ahead of the DC vs RCB match, and he achieved it after facing 12 balls. He is the leading run-scorer in the history of the tournament. The second batter in the list is Rohit Sharma, who is nowhere close to Kohli in terms of IPL runs. Where Kohli has achieved the 9000 run-mark, Rohit has only 7183 runs.

He reached the mark by taking a single on the final ball of the batting powerplay. He took 6732 balls to reach the historic IPL milestone. In the list of the most IPL runs, Kohli is followed by Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner and KL Rahul. All of them are way behind him in terms of runs. Kohli smashed back-to-back sixes against T Natarajan after reaching the epic milestone and finished the match in style for the defending champions.

Rohit scored 7183 runs in 276 games for two franchises (the Deccan Chargers and the Mumbai Indians). Meanwhile, Dhawan concluded his IPL career with 6769 runs in 222 games. From 2008 to 2024, he was a member of five teams: the Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Punjab Kings.

Warner, who amassed 6565 runs in 184 games for the Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad between 2009 and 2024, leads the list of overseas batters with the most IPL runs. Rahul, on the other hand, has amassed 5580 IPL runs in 153 games for five franchises, despite being dismissed for just one run on Monday. He has represented Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings, Lucknow Super Giants, and Delhi Capitals in the IPL.

Kohli would have become the first player in history to amass 1200 runs against a single team in T20 cricket if he scored at least a total of 27 in the match against the Delhi Capitals, but he fell short of just 4 runs. Kohli scored 23 not out against DC. He has now scored 1196 runs against the Delhi Capitals in 34 games. Kohli would have become the first player in history to score 8000 IPL runs in India if he had scored 35 runs in the match at Arun Jaitley Stadium. However, he can still reach that milestone in the next match.

RCB scripted the second-fastest chase in IPL history after beating DC in just 6.3 overs. The record for the fastest chase is with five-time champions Mumbai Indians, who completed a 68-run chase in 5.3 overs against KKR in the 2008 edition of the tournament.

As for the DC vs RCB match, Bengaluru's bowling attack, led by Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, completely outclassed the Delhi batters. At one point, the hosts lost 5 wickets for 7 runs by 2.4 overs and then the 6th one on 8 runs at 3.4. They became the first IPL team to lose 6 wickets before scoring 10 runs. However, Abhishek Porel's 30 and knocks from David Miller (19) and Kyle Jamieson (12) took them to 75.

Bhuvneshwar finished his 3 overs with the figures of 3/5, and Hazlewood picked up 4 wickets for 12 runs in his 3.3 overs. Meanwhile, Rasikh Salam Dar, Suyash Sharma, and Krunal Pandya settled with one each. Later, Virat Kohli and company finished the chase in 6.3 overs and picked up a dominant 9-wicket victory.

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