IPL 2022: Virat Kohli achieved a remarkable IPL milestone on Thursday as he became the first batter in the history of the league to score 3000 runs while chasing. Playing against Gujarat Titans in what is a do-or-die contest for RCB, the former skipper of the franchise reached the feat while chasing a total of 169. Follow InsideSport.IN for more updates.
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Virat Kohli, who has been on a lean patch in this edition of IPL, looked in fine touch on Thursday. He scored two boundaries off Shami early in the innings to get into the groove. He continued to find atleast a boundary in every over and has so far looked so good in his innings.
In the innings, he became the first batsman in the history of the league to score 3000 runs while chasing. David Warner is the next batsman in the list, having scored 2839 runs.
Most IPL runs (While Chasing)
3000 – Virat Kohli*
2839 – David Warner
Kohli went on to register his highest score of the season as he scored 73 off 54 balls. With the knock Kohli also went on to score 7000 runs for RCB in his career.
His knock helped RCB register a crucial victory in the do-or-die battle as they won the match by 8 wickets to move to fourth spot on the points table.
IPL 2022: Virat Kohli creates BIG IPL record, becomes first batsman to score 3000 runs while chasing – Check Out
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