It was a unique 2025 for Virat Kohli. In addition to winning the Champions Trophy, he ultimately won the elusive IPL title with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). In India's final ODI series of the year, he scored two hundreds against South Africa to end it with a bang. For Kohli, 2026 has the potential to be very memorable. This year, he has three significant goals to accomplish.
To become the first batter in IPL history to reach 9000 runs, Virat Kohli only needs to score 339 runs in 2026. He is now the highest scorer in IPL history with 8661 runs in 259 innings.
Throughout his career, Kohli has only represented one team: RCB. Kohli has scored more than 600 runs in each of the previous three IPL seasons.
After Sachin Tendulkar, Kohli can become the second batter to reach 15,000 ODI runs. Tendulkar is the only player to score more than 15,000 runs in ODIs amassing 18,426 runs in 452 ODI innings. Kohli is now the second-highest run scorer in ODI cricket with 14,557 runs in 296 innings. To hit 15,000 runs, Kohli has to score 443 runs.
In 623 innings (Tests + ODIs + T20Is), he has amassed 27,975 runs. With 42 more runs, Kohli would become the second-highest run scorer in international cricket, surpassing Kumar Sangakkara's record of 28,016 runs.
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