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IPL 2022: Follow IPL 2022 LIVE Updates – Despite having a relatively poor season in IPL 2022, Virat Kohli is a man who always makes the headlines. And today against Punjab Kings, Kohli achieved yet another magnificent feat where he became the first cricketer ever to cross 6500 runs in the history of the Indian Premier League. Follow PBKS vs RCB LIVE and IPL 2022 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
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IPL 2022: MILESTONE ALERT! Some respite for Virat Kohli amid horrible season, becomes first player to score 6500 RUNS in IPL
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star batter Virat Kohli on Friday became the first player to score 6,500 runs in the Indian Premier League. He accomplished this feat against Punjab Kings at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. A single towards mid-wicket off a Harpreet Brar delivery helped Kohli reach this accomplishment.
🚨 Milestone Alert 🚨
6⃣5⃣0⃣0⃣ IPL runs (& going strong) for @imVkohli! 👏 👏
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 13, 2022
Top 5 Highest run-scorers in History of IPL
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| V Kohli | 2008-2022 | 220* | 212 | 6519 | 113 | 36.21 | 5 | 43 | 568 | 215 |
| S Dhawan | 2008-2022 | 204* | 203 | 6186 | 106* | 35.14 | 2 | 47 | 696 | 134 |
| DA Warner | 2009-2022 | 160 | 160 | 5876 | 126 | 42.57 | 4 | 55 | 576 | 216 |
| RG Sharma | 2008-2022 | 225 | 220 | 5829 | 109* | 30.35 | 1 | 40 | 517 | 236 |
| SK Raina | 2008-2021 | 205 | 200 | 5528 | 100* | 32.51 | 1 | 39 | 506 | 203 |
IPL 2022: MILESTONE ALERT! Some respite for Virat Kohli amid horrible season, becomes first player to score 6500 RUNS in IPL
Kohli is the current highest scorer in the history of the tournament. With 6519 runs he holds a commanding lead over second-placed Shikhar Dhawan. With a healthy average of 36.21, Kohli has achieved this feat in 212 innings. He also has 5 centuries and 43 half-centuries under his belt.
Shikhar Dhawan and Aussie batter David Warner stand second and third only list respectively. While Dhawan has scored 6186 runs, Warner has managed to score 5876 runs. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma is slotted fourth in the list with 5829 runs while Suresh Raina takes the fifth spot with 5528 runs under his belt.
Nah man. He was litteraly begging for some luck.😭💔
Virat clearly saying: why always me pic.twitter.com/mG3x3rJ5m6— 101 Gram (@VishaI_18) May 13, 2022
Kohli’s innings, unfortunately, didn’t last long as he was dismissed at just 20 runs. A visually disappointed Kohli wanted to score more runs as his team had a huge task of chasing 210 set by Punjab Kings.
IPL 2022: MILESTONE ALERT! Some respite for Virat Kohli amid horrible season, becomes first player to score 6500 RUNS in IPL