By Devadyuti Das | Updated: May 22, 2026 10:28 AM IST
In these collection of pictures, we find out all about the big record that Royal Challengers Bengaluru opener Virat Kohli is eyeing in IPL 2026 match vs Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday.
Virat Kohli is currently in 6th place in Orange Cap race with 542 runs in 13 matches so far at a strike-rate of 164.74.
Virat Kohli was retained for Rs 21 crore by Royal Challengers Bengaluru ahead of IPL 2026 season.
Virat Kohli has scored over 600 runs in IPL in last three seasons from 2023 to 2025. Kohli holds this record along with Chris Gayle, David Warner and KL Rahul.
Virat Kohli can break Chris Gayle's record by scoring 58 runs vs Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday. Kohli will become first-ever batter in history of IPL to score over 600 runs in four successive seasons.
Chris Gayle had scored more than 600 runs per season from 2011 to 2013 while turning out for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Former Australia opener David Warner had also scored over 600 runs in 3 successive seasons in 2016, 2017 and 2019. Warner was unavailable to play in IPL 2018.
Delhi Capitals opener KL Rahul also scored over 600 runs from 2020 to 2022 seasons in IPL.