Breaking or even equaling Sachin Tendulkar’s records is every batsman’s dream. Statistically, Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest batsman in cricket’s history and getting anywhere close to what he achieved is still a distant dream.
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s cpatain Virat Kohli became the first captain to score more than 500 runs in Indian Premier League (IPL) in three different seasons and in doing so, he broke Sachin’s record, who had achieved this feat twice as captain of Mumbai Indians. Sachin plundered 618 runs in the 2010 edition and 553 runs in the 2011 edition of the IPL.
Needing 67 runs to complete 500 runs in IPL 2016 before RCB’s match against Rising Pune Supergiants on Saturday, Virat Kohli scored a match-winning hundred and broke Sachin Tendulkar’s long-standing IPL record.
Virat Kohli has crossed the 500-run mark in the IPL. He scored 634 runs in 2013, which is also the highest ever aggregate by a captain in the IPL, and 505 runs in 2015 edition as RCB’s captain. And before he was made RCB’s captain, Virat Kohli had accumulated 557 runs in 2011.
Congratulations, Virat Kohli.
