Virat Kohli surpasses Suresh Raina to become highest run-getter in IPL history Tuesday April 17,2018

Virat Kohli surpasses Suresh Raina to become highest run-getter in IPL history

 

 Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday April 17,2018 surpassed Chennai Super Kings’ veteran Suresh Raina to become the leading run-scorer in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL

Virat Kohli needed 31 runs to surpass Raina when he opened the innings with Quinton de Kock on Tuesday, and by the end of the contest, he had become the first player ever to score 5,000 or more runs in IPL for any franchise.

Kohli went past Raina’s total of 4,558 runs in IPL history when he reached the score of 32. 
Rohit Sharma was the next batsman in the list with 4,345 runs, followed by Gautam Gambhir (4,210) and David Warner (4,014).

 

 Virat Kohli achieved the feat during his valiant knock of 92*(62 Balls 4x7 and 6x4) against Mumbai Indians (MI) as RCB stumbled to their second defeat in four matches so far in the tournament.