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Virat Kohli IPL 2026 Record: In IPL 2026, the 61st match of this season is being played between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. In this match being played in Dharamshala, Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and invited RCB to bat. Batting first against PBKS, RCB scored a huge score of 222 runs. At the same time, Virat Kohli played a half-century inning of 58 runs in this match also.

Earlier, when Virat Kohli completed his 16th run in the match, he also made a big record in his name. With 16 runs, Virat Kohli crossed the 500-run mark of IPL 2026. Virat Kohli is already on top in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in IPL, but now with a big feat, he has left behind the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar and South African player Faf du Plessis.

Even after the age of 35, Virat’s bat is not stopping.

Royal Challengers Bangalore’s star batsman Virat Kohli continues to appear in excellent form in IPL 2026. As soon as he completed 500 runs in the match against Punjab Kings, he made another big record in his name. Kohli has now become the batsman in IPL history to score 500 runs in a season for the most number of times at the age of 35 years or older. He has achieved this feat for the third time. Before this, Sachin Tendulkar and Faf du Plessis had done this twice each.

The consistency with which Kohli has been scoring runs in the last few seasons has proved that his fitness and hunger are still the same as before. In the 2024 season, he scored 741 runs, while in 2025, he scored 657 runs with his bat. Now he is in great form in IPL 2026 also. Kohli has scored 542 runs in 13 innings of 13 matches at an average of 54.2. During this period, 4 half-centuries and 2 centuries have been seen from his bat.

equaling Alex Hales’ record

punjab kings In the match against Virat Kohli not only scored runs but also made a big record in his name in terms of partnerships. He reached the level of Alex Hales among Devdutt Padikkal and Venkatesh Iyer.

Now both Virat and Alex Hales have registered partnerships of 50 or more runs 210-210 times in T20 cricket. This figure shows how important a player Kohli is not only in his individual performance but also in taking the team to a strong position.

There is already a record of scoring 500 or more runs in IPL for the most number of times in a season. Virat Kohli Name is registered. After the innings against Punjab, he achieved this feat for the 9th time. In this matter, at second place are KL Rahul and David Warner, who have scored more than 500 runs in a season 7-7 times. At the third place comes the name of Shikhar Dhawan, who achieved this feat 5 times.