IPL 2026: Virat Kohli scripts history in match against Gujarat Titans, achieves these key milestones, how many fours and sixes has he hit in IPL?
Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets in the 34th match of the IPL. The hero of this victory was Virat Kohli, who made history while playing a magnificent innings of 81 runs. Kohli became the first batsman in the IPL to hit 800 fours; he also reached the milestone of 300 sixes. He has also neared the 9,000-run mark in the league and is just 11 runs away from this major milestone.
Kohli struck 8 fours and 4 sixes
Kohli struck 8 fours on Friday. With this, he completed his tally of 800 fours in the IPL. He currently holds the record for the most fours in the tournament, having hit 807 so far. He is followed by Shikhar Dhawan, who has hit 768 fours. David Warner ranks third with 663 fours.
During his innings of 81 runs in the match, Kohli hit 4 sixes. In doing so, he completed his 300 sixes in the IPL. He is the third player to cross this figure. The record for the most sixes in the IPL belongs to Chris Gayle, who has hit 357 sixes. Rohit Sharma holds the second spot with 310 sixes.
Highest run-scorer in the history of the IPL
Kohli scored 81 runs off 44 balls against Gujarat. He is the highest run-scorer in the history of the IPL. He has 8,989 runs to his name across 266 innings. Rohit Sharma occupies the second spot, having scored 7,183 runs in 271 innings.
On the fourth ball of the 14th over, Jason Holder clean bowled Kohli. Virat appeared visibly disappointed after being dismissed. While walking back to the pavilion, he struck his pads forcefully with his bat. However, he subsequently acknowledged the applause from the spectators for his brilliant innings.
Bengaluru achieved another milestone by registering their 50th victory at their home ground, the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Meanwhile, during Gujarat's innings, Sai Sudharsan—while smashing a century—also provided a memorable moment of the match by hitting a magnificent one-handed six off a Krunal Pandya bouncer.