Virat Kohli registered one different giant milestone in T20 cricket all through Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s battle in the direction of Lucknow Super Giants on the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.

New Delhi:

Virat Kohli added one different feather to his illustrious cap as he registered a historic milestone all through Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s battle in the direction of Lucknow Super Giants inside the Indian Premier League 2025 on Tuesday, May 27. Kohli achieved a big milestone as he slammed 9000 runs for RCB in T20 cricket. 

Kohli needed solely 24 runs to reach the feat and he acquired there in quick time in RCB’s run-chase of 228 inside the fifth over. Kohli already holds the file for basically probably the most runs for a single franchise in T20 cricket. His runs moreover embody these he scored for RCB inside the now-defunct Champions League.

Most runs for a single employees in T20s:

1 – Virat Kohli: 9003 runs for RCB*

2 – Rohit Sharma: 6060 runs for MI

3 – James Vince: 5934 runs for Hampshire

4 – Suresh Raina: 5529 runs for CSK

5 – MS Dhoni: 5314 runs for CSK

Earlier, Pant hit his solely second IPL hundred and his first since 2018 as he slammed a 54-ball hundred in the direction of RCB. He acquired to the milestone with a 4 over covers. Pant carried on and smacked 118 runs from 61 balls, laced with 11 fours and eight sixes as he displayed his jaw-dropping strokes throughout the park. 

Lucknow slammed 227/3 led by Pant’s wise century. Mitchell Marsh moreover carried out a strong hand as he scored 67 from 37 deliveries. RCB had acquired the toss and had opted to bowl first. 

Jitesh is the stand-in captain as an alternative of Rajat Patidar, who will play as an Impact participant on account of his earlier hand hurt that he sustained in RCB’s battle in the direction of Chennai Super Kings. “We will field first. Looks like a good wicket, we’ll fancy to chase. Rajat Patidar is our impact player. Looking to win and make it into the top 2. Tim David misses out, Liam comes in, so does Thushara, he replaces Ngidi who left the team,” Jitesh talked about on the toss.

“We don’t mind batting or bowling first, we did show a glimpse of the potential in our last game, but every match is a learning curve, till the last ball is bowled, we will give our 100 per cent. Few changes – Breetzke is in and Digvesh Rathi is back in,” LSG skipper Rishabh Pant talked about on the toss.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Playing XI: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w/c), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Thushara

Lucknow Super Giants’ Playing XI: Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Breetzke, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan, William ORourke

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Tim Seifert, Swapnil Singh