{"id":16750,"date":"2026-05-17T23:56:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T23:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/05\/17\/with-himalayas-watching-virat-kohli-breaks-his-own-ipl-record-in-dharamsala-to-become\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T23:56:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T23:56:59","slug":"with-himalayas-watching-virat-kohli-breaks-his-own-ipl-record-in-dharamsala-to-become","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=16750","title":{"rendered":"With Himalayas watching, Virat Kohli breaks his own IPL record in Dharamsala to become &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131153560,imgsize-41562,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/mmbn-56.jpg\" alt=\"With Himalayas watching, Virat Kohli breaks his own IPL record in Dharamsala to become ...\" title=\"&lt;p&gt;Virat Kohli &lt;\/p&gt;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With the Himalayas watching over, Virat Kohli climbed to another peak in IPL history on Sunday, bettering his own record to become the batter with the most runs against a single opponent in the tournament\u2019s history during Royal Challengers Bengaluru\u2019 clash against Punjab Kings at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Kohli went past his previous tally of 1,174 runs against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and took his total against Punjab Kings to 1,217 runs during his 58-run knock on Sunday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Most runs against one opponent in IPL:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"10\">\n<ul>\n<li>1,217 \u2014 Virat Kohli vs PBKS<\/li>\n<li>1,174 \u2014 Virat Kohli vs CSK<\/li>\n<li>1,172 \u2014 Virat Kohli vs DC<\/li>\n<li>1,161 \u2014 Rohit Sharma vs Kolkata Knight Riders<\/li>\n<li>1,134 \u2014 David Warner vs PBKS<\/li>\n<li>1,126 \u2014 Virat Kohli vs KKR<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Kohli also crossed another landmark during the innings by completing 500 runs in IPL 2026.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>With that, the former RCB captain registered his ninth IPL season with 500 or more runs, extending his record for the most such seasons in tournament history. <!-- -->Kohli now has 542 runs in IPL 2026.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Warner and KL Rahul are next on the list with seven 500-plus seasons each, while Shikhar Dhawan has five.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Most 500-plus seasons in IPL:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"24\">\n<ul>\n<li>Virat Kohli \u2014 9<\/li>\n<li>David Warner \u2014 7<\/li>\n<li>KL Rahul \u2014 7<\/li>\n<li>Shikhar Dhawan \u2014 5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Kohli was dismissed on the final ball of the 15th over after scoring 58 off 37 balls. He was trapped by Yuzvendra Chahal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Kohli has again been among RCB\u2019s main performers this season as the Bengaluru side continue their push for a playoff spot.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>Earlier, Punjab Kings won the toss and chose to bowl first.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>The match was also the 100th IPL game as captain for Punjab skipper Shreyas Iyer.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>RCB entered the contest at the top of the points table with eight wins from 12 matches, while Punjab Kings were trying to end a five-match losing streak. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"sQLTU timeline_pollWrapper_as  \" data-scrollga=\"scroll#poll_view\">\n<div>\n<p>Who do you believe is biggest rival of Kohli in IPL based on performance?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/with-himalayas-watching-virat-kohli-breaks-his-own-ipl-record-in-dharamsala-to-become-the-batter-with-the-most-runs-against-a-single-opponent\/articleshow\/131153543.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Himalayas watching over, Virat Kohli climbed to another peak in IPL history on Sunday, bettering his own record to become the batter with the most runs against a single opponent in the tournament\u2019s history during Royal Challengers Bengaluru\u2019 clash against Punjab Kings at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala.Kohli went past&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}