Kohli is the first Indian batsman to score 12 thousand in T20: Karthik-Rawat made the biggest partnership for the sixth wicket against CSK; Records

In the first match of IPL 2024, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated RCB by 6 wickets on Friday. RCB won the toss and chose to bat first at Chepauk Stadium, Chennai. The team scored 173 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Chennai achieved the target by losing 4 wickets in 18.4 overs.

By scoring his 21st run in this match, Virat Kohli has completed 12 thousand runs in T-20 cricket. He became the sixth batsman in the world and the first batsman from India to score 12 thousand runs in T-20 cricket. At the same time, the 95-run partnership between Dinesh Karthik and Anuj Rawat was the sixth highest partnership against CSK.

1. Kohli completed 12 thousand T-20 runs
Virat Kohli completed 12 thousand runs in T-20 cricket. T-20 cricket includes domestic, international and league cricket. Together they crossed the figure of 12 thousand. He is the sixth batsman in the world to touch the mark of 12 thousand. The record of scoring most runs in T-20 is in the name of Chris Gayle of West Indies.

2. Kohli is the second batsman to score 12 thousand runs in the fewest innings.
Kohli became the second player in the world to score 12 thousand runs in the fewest innings. He achieved this feat in 360 innings. The record of scoring 12 thousand T-20 runs in the fewest innings is held in the name of Chris Gayle of West Indies. Gayle had scored 12 thousand runs in 345 innings.

3. Virat completed 1000 runs against CSK
Virat Kohli's thousand runs have been completed against CSK. Before this, Virat had scored thousand runs only against Delhi Capitals. Virat became the second player to touch the figure of 1000 against two teams. Before this, David Warner has scored thousand runs against PBKS and KKR. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma have been able to score thousand runs against 1-1 teams.

4. Second highest partnership for RCB at the sixth wicket
Dinesh Karthik and Anuj Rawat have made the second highest partnership for RCB at number six and below. Both of them added 95 runs together. Dinesh Karthik has also made the biggest partnership for RCB at number six. In the year 2022, Karthik had made an unbeaten partnership of 97 runs with Shahbaz Ahmed. For RCB, there has never been a partnership of more than 97 runs from number six to number ten.

5. Highest partnership for the sixth wicket against CSK in IPL
Dinesh Karthik and Anuj Rawat made the record of the highest partnership at number six against CSK in IPL. Karthik has broken his own record. Earlier in the year 2021, Karthik had added 81 runs with Andre Russell against CSK. Karthik was then a part of KKR.

6. Mustafizur made the second best bowling debut for CSK.
Mustafizur Rahman made his debut for CSK on Friday and took 4 wickets. This was the second best bowling debut of any player for CSK. Mustafizur took 4 wickets for 29 runs. For CSK in the year 2009, Shadab Jakati took 4 wickets for 24 runs. This is the best bowling figure of any CSK player in debut.