Virat Kohli became the first man in the world to complete 9,000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) against Delhi Capitals on Monday. after starting his innings on 8989 runs, Kohli started his innings with a four over the bowler’s head (Dusmanth Chameer).
Kohli’s 9000th run came with one Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel in front of the pavilion named after him at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. In fact, this is the same place where it all began for the boy born in Delhi on November 5, 1988. Chasing a modest 76-run victory, RCB lost Jacob Bethell before Devdutt Padikkal took all the beating.
Kohli went slowly to his 9000th run before hitting T Natarajan for two back-to-back sixes to guide RCB home by nine wickets in 13.3 overs. In fact Kohli was earlier the first to score 6000, 7000, 8000 runs in IPL. Kohli scored his 9000th run in his 275th match.
For the uninitiated, Kohli is the only player in IPL history to have played for a single franchise. He currently has 9012 runs after 23 not out against Delhi Capitals. The former RCB captain now has 1172 runs against Delhi Capitals in the IPL. Kohli needed 6732 balls to break into the 9000-club in the IPL.
Kohli is followed by Mumbai Indians’ Rohit Sharma (7,183), Shikhar Dhawan (6,769), David Warner (6,565) and KL Rahul (5,580) in the all-time list. While Dhawan has already retired from cricket, Warner has fallen out of favor with the IPL owners and is currently participating in the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Earlier, Kohli became the first player to complete 800 fours in the IPL and the third to hit 300 sixes. With 23 not out, Kohli jumped to fourth place in the IPL 2026 Orange Cap with 351 runs in eight games. Of Kohli’s 9,000 runs in the IPL, most have come at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium – RCB’s home ground in the tournament.
In Chinnaswamy, Kohli played 99 IPL games, amassing 3448 runs at an average of 41.04, including four hundreds and 26 fifty-plus scores.
RCB have secured the 2nd spot in the IPL 2026 points table
With this win, RCB have consolidated their second position in the IPL 2026 points table. In RCB’s eight matches so far, they have won six and are currently on 12 points, one behind table rivals Punjab Kings. They will next face Gujarat Titans on April 30 at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
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