Virat Kohli created history against Mumbai Indians, big record of Babar Azam and Chris Gayle also broken

By Samira Vishwas On Apr 13, 2026

In IPL, Indian cricket’s star batsman Virat Kohli once again made a big record in his name. He completed 1000 runs in T20 cricket against Mumbai Indians and created history. Along with this, Kohli also praised Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam and former West Indies legend. chris gayle Was also left behind in one particular matter.

The 20th match of IPL 2026 is being played between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday (April 12) at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. In this match, Kohli played an inning of 50 runs in 38 balls, which included 5 fours and 1 six. During this inning itself, he completed 1000 runs in T20 cricket against Mumbai Indians and became the first batsman in the world to do so.

In terms of scoring the most runs against Mumbai Indians, Kohli is followed by KL Rahul (977 runs) and Shikhar Dhawan (901 runs), but before this no batsman had been able to touch the figure of 1000 runs. The special thing is that Kohli has achieved this feat while playing for only one franchise, Royal Challengers Bangalore, which makes this achievement even more special.

Batsmen who scored the most runs against Mumbai Indians in T20:

Virat Kohli – 37 matches, 1001 runs
KL Rahul – 21 matches, 977 runs
Shikhar Dhawan – 28 matches, 901 runs
Ajinkya Rahane – 32 matches, 888 runs
Suresh Raina – 36 matches, 850 runs

Not only this, in this match he made a big record by making a century partnership for the first wicket with Phil Salt. This was Kohli’s 47th partnership of more than 100 runs in T20 cricket, with which he has become the batsman with the highest century partnership in this format. In this matter, he has left behind Chris Gayle and Babar Azam (46-46 partnership). David Warner (45) and Faf du Plessis (40) come after him in this list.

Players with most 100+ partnerships in T20 cricket:

Virat Kohli – 47
Chris Gayle – 46
Babar Azam – 46
David Warner – 45
Faf du Plessis – 40

Talking about the match, Royal Challengers Bangalore got a great start with Kohli (50) and Phil Salt 78 runs off 36 balls. There was a big partnership of 120 runs between the two for the first wicket, which provided the foundation for a strong score for the team. Captain Rajat Patida also played a tremendous inning of 53 runs in 20 balls, due to which the team batted first and scored a huge score of 240 runs.