Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli became the first batter to score 9000 runs in the Indian Premier League during an IPL 2026 match against Delhi Capitals on Monday.
Kohli, playing his 275th IPL game, achieved the feat in last ball of the sixth over with a single to long off against DC skipper Axar Patel.
The Indian batter has eight hundreds and six fifties in the tournament.
Only one other batter has scored more than 7000 IPL runs – Mumbai Indians opener Rohit Sharma.
- 9000 runs – Virat Kohli*
- 7183 runs – Rohit Sharma*
- 6769 runs – Shikhar Dhawan
- 6565 runs – David Warner
- 5579 runs – KL Rahul
Published on Apr 27, 2026
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