Virat Kohli Nears Chris Gayle’s Massive Record Ahead Of RCB Vs GT Clash

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Abhay Tiwari
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Abhay Tiwari is a sports writer with over two years of experience, having worked with Zee News and currently with Sports Digest. He covers cricket, badminton,...
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Star Player Virat Kohli is on the verge of creating a historic milestone in his career. He will break his ex-teammate Chris Gayle’s record. Today is the 42nd match between RCB and GT at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Royal Challengers Bangalore aims to achieve the number 1 spot again, as they are playing so well this season. The defending Champion has been so incredible this IPL 2026, and they are giving strong competition to their opponents.

Kohli will create history

Virat Kohli is one of the Superstar players of this generation. He has been ruling for a decade. Today, he can achieve historic feats in his T20 career, scoring 13894 runs in 405 innings. He just needs 106 runs to break the historic record of Chris Gayle in 14 innings. Gayle had achieved this mark in 423. Therefore, he can be the fastest player in world cricket to score the fastest 14000 runs in the limited-overs format.

Most Runs by Indian Players in T20

Players                            Innings              Runs

Virat Kohli                          405                    13894

Rohit Sharma                     435                    12385

Shikhar Dhawan                 331                   9797

Suryakumar Yadav             341                   9616

Sanju Samson                     321                    8704

Kohli will charge over GT today

Royal Challengers Bengaluru shook off their loss to the Delhi Capitals at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium by registering a strong win over Gujarat on their own turf. Virat Kohli led the charge with a fluent 81, guiding the chase of 206 and earning Player of the Match honours. Although he fell short of a century and had to walk back before finishing the job, Kohli looked visibly disappointed. He will now be aiming to go a step further when RCB head to Ahmedabad for their next clash against the Titans.

Kohli bacame 1st Player to reach this Point

Recently, Virat kohli has created a unique feat in his career and he became a first player in the history of Indian Prmier league (IPL) to Score 9000 runs. Virat kohli is the only player to create such milestone in IPL.  He is in the race of Orange cap as well. king kohli’s dominance over the decade in IPL continues and he has proven why people calls him king by acheiving countless record.

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Abhay Tiwari is a sports writer with over two years of experience, having worked with Zee News and currently with Sports Digest. He covers cricket, badminton, and kabaddi, with experience reporting on major events like the Asia Cup, ICC T20 World Cup, and IPL. Beyond journalism, he is passionate about traveling and photography, often capturing moments from his journeys.