Royal Challengers Bengaluru stalwart Virat Kohli is chasing another major milestone in IPL 2026 as RCB prepares to take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in their final league stage match before the playoffs. The star batsman is now on his way to set a new benchmark, surpassing the historic records of Chris Gayle, David Warner and KL Rahul.Sunrisers Hyderabad host table-toppers Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a high-stakes Match 67 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium tonight, with a direct ticket to finish in the top two on the line. Both the teams have already qualified for the IPL 2026 playoffs, but this encounter is of great importance as the winner strengthens their chances of getting a valuable double chance in the playoffs with the Gujarat Titans. The two teams have faced each other 27 times in IPL history, with SRH holding a narrow lead with 14 wins to RCB’s 12 victories. Earlier this season, RCB beat Pat Cummins-less SRH by six wickets in the tournament opener on March 28, comfortably chasing 201 with 26 balls to spare.Kohli is currently sixth in the IPL 2026 Orange Cap standings with 542 runs in 13 innings at an impressive average of 54.20 and a strike rate of 164.74. This is his fourth consecutive IPL season with over 500 runs and ninth overall in his IPL career.Now, the RCB icon is just 58 runs away from making history. Kohli is currently tied with Chris Gayle, David Warner and KL Rahul with more than 600 runs in consecutive IPL seasons. Gayle achieved the feat in 2011, 2012 and 2013, David Warner achieved the feat in 2016, 2017 and 2019 (he was unavailable in 2018) and KL Rahul scored in 2020, 2021 and 2022, while Kohli did it in 2017, 2017 and 2019. Accomplished. 2024, and 2025.If Kohli scores 58 or more runs against SRH, he will become the first batsman in IPL history to score 600-plus runs in four consecutive seasons.
A total of over 600 in consecutive editions of IPL:
- 3 – Chris Gayle (2011, 2012, 2013)
- 3 – David Warner (2016, 2017, 2019)
- 3 – KL Rahul (2020, 2021, 2022)
- 3 – Virat Kohli (2023, 2024, 2025)
- 2 – Shubman Gill (2025, 2026)
- 2 – Sai Sudharsan (2025, 2026)
Even if Virat fails to score 58 runs against SRH, he has chances to set a new benchmark and record in the playoffs.
