MUMBAI: Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) star batter Virat Kohli on Thursday became the first player to score 7000 runs for a single IPL franchise.
Kohli achieved this feat during the match against Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Wankhede Stadium when he scored the 57th run in his match-winning knock of 73.
RCB defeated GT by eight wickets to stay alive in the race to playoffs. Gujarat are already through.
Kohli is also the highest run-scorer in the league's history, followed by Shikhar Dhawan (6,205), Rohit Sharma (5,877), David Warner (5,876), Suresh Raina (5,528) and Ab De Villiers (5,162).
