Virat Kohli Scripts History, Becomes 1st Batter Ever To Achieve Stunning Feat

Royal Challengers Bengaluru star batter Virat Kohli scripted historical past throughout the IPL 2026 encounter in opposition to Punjab Kings in Dharamsala on Sunday. Kohli added one other main accolade to his identify as he turned the primary batter in IPL historical past to attain 5500 runs as an opener for a single franchise. Ahead of the match, he wanted simply 7 runs to attain the feat and he reached the milestone with a six off the bowling of Azmatullah Omarzai. Overall, two different batters – Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner – have scored 5500 IPL runs as an opener however each cricketers have accomplished it whereas enjoying for a number of franchises.

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer gained the toss in his one centesimal IPL recreation as skipper and opted to bowl first.

Punjab made two adjustments to their enjoying XI from the final match, bringing in Harpreet Brar and Lockie Ferguson.

Jitesh Sharma, who’s main RCB on this recreation within the absence of Rajat Patidar, mentioned they’ve additionally effected two adjustments with Suyash Sharma and Romario Shepherd coming in for the facet’s common skipper and Jacob Duffy.

“We would have loved to bowl first, but the wicket is good and should play well for 40 overs. Rajat is doing fantastic and we should see him in Hyderabad. We are at the business end of the tournament, and I’m happy with how the team is performing, both individually and as a unit. Yes, we are very pleased that the team looks so stable right now. We are giving our absolute best in every department. One win tonight secures our spot in the playoffs, so it’s a massive game for us. Every game is important at this stage. This win can change the entire table – not just for us, but for several other teams as well. Suyash replaces Rajat and Romario replaces Duffy,” RCB stand-in skipper Jitesh Sharma mentioned on the toss.

Teams:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Venkatesh Iyer, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma.

Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer, Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

(With PTI inputs)

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