Virat Kohli 9000 Runs: ‘Virat’ roars in Arun Jaitley Stadium, Kohli reaches the peak of 9000 runs, Rohit-Dhawan left behind

New Delhi. A date has been recorded today at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, which will be written in golden letters in the history of cricket. This evening of Monday, 27 April 2026 was entirely in the name of ‘King’ Virat Kohli. This veteran batsman of Royal Challengers Bangalore touched those heights as soon as he took the field against Delhi Capitals, where no batsman in the world has been able to reach till date.

Even before the match started, everyone’s eyes were fixed on the scoreboard. Kohli was standing on the threshold of a huge record in his 275th IPL match. He needed just 11 runs to become the first batsman in the world to complete 9000 runs in the history of the tournament. As soon as Kohli completed that magical 11th run in the sixth over of RCB’s innings while chasing the small target of 76 runs against Delhi Capitals, the entire stadium echoed with slogans of ‘Kohli-Kohli’. This achievement of Kohli is also special because he has been playing for only one franchise, Royal Challengers Bangalore, since the beginning of IPL (2008). His consistency and hunger for runs has put him far ahead of all other players.

At the forefront of the list of giants
If we talk about the most successful batsmen in IPL history, then after Kohli, the second biggest name is ‘Hitman’ Rohit Sharma. Rohit has so far scored 7183 runs in 276 matches while playing for teams like Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians. At the same time, the brilliant IPL career of ‘Gabbar’ Shikhar Dhawan has ended with 6769 runs in 222 matches. Dhawan represented five different teams in his journey. David Warner’s dominance in the category of foreign players continues even today. Warner has scored 6565 runs in 184 matches while playing for Delhi and Hyderabad. KL Rahul is also rising rapidly in this list, who now has 5580 runs in his name in 153 matches. Although, in this big match on Monday, Rahul got out after scoring only 1 run, but his performance has always been a topic of discussion for different teams.

Step towards ‘special’ record against Delhi
For Virat Kohli, this match was not limited to only 9000 runs. He had a chance to create another unique record against Delhi Capitals. Before this match, he had 1184 runs in his name in 34 matches against Delhi. If Kohli is successful in scoring a total of 27 runs in today’s innings, he will become the first batsman in the world to score 1200 runs against a single team in the history of T20 cricket. This figure shows how much he likes Delhi grounds and Delhi bowling.

Mountain of runs on Indian soil
Kohli’s dominance is visible not only in the number of runs but also in his geographical continuity. Before the start of the match, Kohli had 7976 runs to his name in 231 IPL matches played in India. As soon as he scores his 35th run in today’s match, he will become the only player to complete 8000 IPL runs on Indian soil. Every shot of Virat Kohli on the pitch of Arun Jaitley Stadium was telling the story of his class and experience. His journey of 9000 runs includes the highest score of 113 runs and countless match-winning innings. Even though the opposing team was Delhi Capitals, the love of the local audience showed that Virat Kohli has now become the ‘poster boy’ not only of Bengaluru but of entire world cricket.