For the eighth time in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL), Virat Kohli has surpassed the 500-run mark. After managing to score 741 runs in IPL 2024, the batting maestro has amassed 505 runs from 11 games and still has at least 4 more games to add more runs to his name. Despite calling it a day from T20Is, Kohli has proved that he has still got it and has clearly silenced his critics with his consistency in IPL 2025.
Virat Kohli – the undisputed King of IPL
Kohli already has seven half-centuries to his name in IPL 2025 from 11 innings. He averages 63.12 and boasts of a strike rate of 143.46. Virat’s best IPL season came in 2016 when he amassed 973 runs, including 4 hundreds and 7 half-centuries. Although he is yet to score a century in the ongoing season, he has shown stellar consistency, providing RCB with the much-needed stability at the top of the order.
| Year | Mat | Runs | Ave | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 505 | 63.12 | 143.46 | 0 | 7 |
| 2024 | 15 | 741 | 61.75 | 154.69 | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | 14 | 639 | 53.25 | 139.82 | 2 | 6 |
| 2022 | 16 | 341 | 22.73 | 115.98 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 15 | 405 | 28.92 | 119.46 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 15 | 466 | 42.36 | 121.35 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 14 | 464 | 33.14 | 141.46 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 14 | 530 | 48.18 | 139.10 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 10 | 308 | 30.80 | 122.22 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 16 | 973 | 81.08 | 152.03 | 4 | 7 |
His 500+ run season in IPL 2025 marks the third consecutive year that Kohli has managed to do so. Currently, he is the Orange Cap holder, maintaining a slender one-run margin with the second placed Sai Sudharsan.
Out of his 7 fifties, five have come in away games while two were registered at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru.
500-plus runs in most IPL seasons
- 8 – Virat Kohli*
7 – David Warner
6 – KL Rahul
5 – Shikhar Dhawan
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