Virat Kohli IPL: Complete Career , Records, Captaincy Journey & Legacy
Virat Kohli made his IPL debut for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2008 and has spent his entire IPL career with the same franchise. Through the end of the 2026 season, he has played 283 IPL matches and scored 9,336 runs at an average of 40.42 and a strike rate of 134.80. His record includes nine centuries, 68 fifties and a highest score of 113.
Kohli’s IPL career has gone through several clear stages. He entered the league as a young RCB batter, developed into a regular top-order run-scorer, became the franchise’s captain in 2013, and continued as a senior batter after leaving the captaincy in 2021.
His biggest individual season came in 2016, when he scored 973 runs and made four centuries. His team story changed much later, with RCB winning the IPL in 2025 and 2026.
That makes the current version of Kohli’s IPL story very different from the older narrative that focused only on his runs without an IPL title. By the end of 2026, he had both the long career record and two championships with RCB.
Virat Kohli IPL Profile
| Profile | Details |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Virat Kohli |
| Date of Birth | November 5, 1988 |
| Age in 2026 | 37 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| City | Delhi |
| IPL Team | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
| Role | Top-order batter |
| Batting Style | Right-handed |
| Bowling Style | Right-arm medium-fast |
| IPL Debut | 2008 |
| IPL Matches | 283 |
| IPL Runs | 9,336 |
| Batting Average | 40.42 |
| Strike Rate | 134.80 |
| IPL Centuries | 9 |
| IPL Fifties | 68 |
| Highest Score | 113 |
| Fours | 844 |
| Sixes | 316 |
| Wickets | 4 |
| Catches | 127 |
Kohli’s IPL role has mainly been that of a top-order batter. The supplied profile describes him as a player who usually bats at No. 3 but has also opened in T20 cricket. That matters when looking at his run record because his position has generally placed him in the part of the innings where a batter is expected to build or control a large proportion of the team’s scoring.
His bowling figures are much smaller because bowling has never been his main IPL responsibility. The same applies to his overall profile as a fielder: 127 catches are part of his record, but batting remains the central part of his IPL career.
Virat Kohli IPL Career at a Glance
| IPL Record | Virat Kohli |
|---|---|
| IPL Debut | 2008 |
| Franchise | RCB |
| Matches | 283 |
| Runs | 9,336 |
| Average | 40.42 |
| Strike Rate | 134.80 |
| Centuries | 9 |
| Fifties | 68 |
| Highest Score | 113 |
| Fours | 844 |
| Sixes | 316 |
| Wickets | 4 |
| Catches | 127 |
| Best Season | 2016 |
| Best Season Runs | 973 |
| IPL Titles | 2 |
| Title Years | 2025, 2026 |
The figures are current through the end of the supplied 2026 IPL data. The most useful way to read them is not as isolated numbers.
The 9,336 runs represent the accumulated output of a long career with one franchise, while the 973-run season shows how high Kohli’s individual scoring could rise at his peak. His two titles, meanwhile, belong to the later part of his career rather than his captaincy period.
Virat Kohli IPL Career
Kohli’s IPL career did not begin with the numbers that later became associated with his name.
In 2008, his first IPL season, he scored 165 runs in 12 innings at an average of 15.00. That early return gives useful context to what followed. Kohli was not entering the league as the finished batter who would eventually dominate RCB’s batting. He had to develop within the competition and earn a larger role over time.
The first part of his career was therefore about establishing himself. His continued presence in the RCB setup gave him the opportunity to move from a young player into a regular top-order batter. That continuity is important because his IPL development happened inside one franchise rather than through a series of team changes.
By 2013, the nature of his responsibility had changed again. Kohli became RCB captain and remained in that role through the 2021 season. He now had to combine his own batting role with the wider demands of leading the team. His position in the batting order meant that the captaincy did not replace his responsibility as a run-scorer. The two roles existed together.
That period also helps explain why Kohli’s IPL career cannot be judged only through trophies. His captaincy era and his eventual championship years were different phases. Kohli led RCB from 2013 to 2021, but he did not win the IPL during that captaincy period. He then stepped away from captaincy while remaining with RCB as a senior batter.
The biggest individual jump came in 2016.
Kohli scored 973 runs in that season, with four centuries and seven fifties. His average reached 81.08 and his strike rate was 152.03. The season was not simply a case of playing many matches and accumulating runs. The combination of volume, average, scoring rate and number of big innings made 2016 the clear statistical high point of his IPL career.
After the captaincy ended in 2021, Kohli’s IPL role changed without his RCB relationship ending. He continued as a senior batter, while the team’s leadership moved elsewhere. That distinction becomes especially important when looking at the next major chapter of his IPL career.
RCB won the IPL in 2025 and again in 2026. Those championships came after Kohli’s captaincy period, which changes the old way of describing his IPL legacy. The player who had spent years carrying the leadership responsibility eventually became part of RCB’s title-winning period without being the team’s captain.
By the end of 2026, Kohli’s IPL career therefore had a clear progression: early development, established batting responsibility, captaincy, post-captaincy senior leadership within the squad, and finally two championship seasons.
Virat Kohli IPL Season by Season Batting Stats
The table below gives Virat Kohli’s complete IPL batting record from 2008 to 2026. It covers his performance in each season, including runs, highest score, average, strike rate, centuries, fifties, fours and sixes, followed by his overall IPL career record.
| IPL Season | M | R | HS | Avg | S/R | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 675 | 105* | 56.25 | 165.85 | 1 | 5 | 73 | 25 |
| 2025 | 15 | 657 | 73* | 54.75 | 144.71 | 0 | 8 | 66 | 19 |
| 2024 | 15 | 741 | 113* | 61.75 | 154.70 | 1 | 5 | 62 | 38 |
| 2023 | 14 | 639 | 101* | 53.25 | 139.82 | 2 | 6 | 65 | 16 |
| 2022 | 16 | 341 | 73 | 22.73 | 115.99 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 8 |
| 2021 | 15 | 405 | 72* | 28.92 | 119.46 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 9 |
| 2020 | 15 | 466 | 90* | 42.36 | 121.35 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 11 |
| 2019 | 14 | 464 | 100 | 33.14 | 141.46 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 13 |
| 2018 | 14 | 530 | 92* | 48.18 | 139.10 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 18 |
| 2017 | 10 | 308 | 64 | 30.80 | 122.22 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 11 |
| 2016 | 16 | 973 | 113 | 81.08 | 152.03 | 4 | 7 | 83 | 38 |
| 2015 | 16 | 505 | 82* | 45.90 | 130.82 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 23 |
| 2014 | 14 | 359 | 73 | 27.61 | 122.10 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 16 |
| 2013 | 16 | 634 | 99 | 45.28 | 138.73 | 0 | 6 | 64 | 22 |
| 2012 | 16 | 364 | 73* | 28.00 | 111.65 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 9 |
| 2011 | 16 | 557 | 71 | 46.41 | 121.08 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 16 |
| 2010 | 16 | 307 | 58 | 27.90 | 144.81 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 12 |
| 2009 | 16 | 246 | 50 | 22.36 | 112.32 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 |
| 2008 | 13 | 165 | 38 | 15.00 | 105.09 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| All IPL | 283 | 9,336 | 113 | 40.42 | 134.80 | 9 | 68 | 844 | 316 |
Note: * means the batsman remained not out.
Virat Kohli IPL Runs and Batting Records
Virat Kohli has scored 9,336 IPL runs in 283 matches, with a career average of 40.42 and a strike rate of 134.80. He has nine centuries, 68 fifties and a highest score of 113.
The run total is significant partly because of the period over which it was accumulated. Kohli entered the IPL in 2008 and remained with RCB throughout his career. His overall total therefore combines his development years, his peak years, his captaincy period and the seasons after captaincy.
The average of 40.42 adds another layer to the run total. A large career tally can sometimes be produced simply through a very long playing career. Kohli’s average shows that the volume of runs was accompanied by a substantial rate of scoring across his IPL career.
His strike rate of 134.80 provides a different measure. It tells the reader how quickly those runs came rather than only how many were scored. For a top-order T20 batter, that distinction matters because a high run total and a useful scoring rate have to work together.
The nine centuries also show that Kohli’s IPL output has included repeated big individual innings. The 68 fifties are equally useful in understanding his career. They show that his scoring record was not built only from hundreds. He has regularly converted innings into substantial scores without necessarily reaching three figures.
His 844 fours and 316 sixes add detail to the way those runs were accumulated. Boundaries are a major part of T20 scoring, and these numbers show that Kohli’s IPL record contains a large volume of boundary scoring alongside his running between the wickets.
The highest score of 113 is another marker of his ability to turn a strong start into a major individual score. It sits within a career that includes nine centuries rather than being an isolated hundred.
There is also a clear difference between Kohli’s overall batting record and his best individual season. His career numbers represent 283 matches. His 973-run 2016 season represents one campaign. Looking at both together gives a better picture: long-term production across many seasons, combined with one particularly strong peak.
Virat Kohli’s Best IPL Season: 2016
Virat Kohli’s best IPL season was 2016, when he scored 973 runs in 16 matches.
The headline number is 973, but the rest of the 2016 record explains why the season stands out. Kohli averaged 81.08, scored at a 152.03 strike rate, made four centuries, added seven fifties, hit 83 fours and 38 sixes, and finished with a highest score of 113.
An average of 81.08 over a full IPL season is particularly important because it shows that the 973 runs were not simply the result of accumulating appearances. Kohli was scoring heavily whenever he produced an innings. At the same time, his 152.03 strike rate shows that the runs were coming quickly enough for the season to remain highly effective in T20 terms.
The four centuries separate 2016 even further from a normal high-scoring season. A century in T20 cricket requires a batter to stay at the crease long enough to reach three figures while continuing to score at a strong rate. Producing four in the same IPL season meant that Kohli repeatedly converted opportunities into very large scores.
The seven fifties matter for a different reason. They show that the season was not dependent only on the four hundreds. Kohli also produced a series of substantial innings that stopped short of three figures.
His boundary count gives another view of the season. The 83 fours and 38 sixes show that the 973 runs were supported by both conventional boundary scoring and six-hitting.
Most importantly, 2016 sits at the top of Kohli’s own IPL career. His later career has added to his overall run total and eventually brought two IPL titles, but no other season in the supplied record matches the 973-run campaign for individual output.
That is why 2016 remains the clearest reference point when discussing Virat Kohli’s IPL batting peak.
Virat Kohli and RCB
Virat Kohli’s IPL identity is inseparable from Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
He joined RCB for the inaugural 2008 season and has remained with the franchise throughout his IPL career. The research identifies RCB as the only IPL franchise Kohli has played for since 2008.
That continuity changes the way his IPL career should be read.
For many players, an IPL career is spread across different franchises, with each move creating a new phase. Kohli’s career has developed inside one team. His early years, batting development, captaincy, senior-player phase and championship years are all RCB chapters.
The relationship also developed as Kohli’s own role changed.
In the beginning, he was a young batter learning the demands of the league. As his batting developed, his responsibility increased. By 2013, RCB had moved Kohli into the captaincy, giving him a role that went beyond scoring runs.
After 2021, the leadership role changed, but Kohli did not leave RCB. That is an important distinction. Stepping down as captain was a change in responsibility, not a break in his franchise relationship.
The final stage of that relationship came with the 2025 and 2026 titles. RCB’s championships gave Kohli the team success that had been missing from the earlier part of his IPL story. The titles also came while he was no longer captain, which makes the later period different from the 2013-2021 leadership era.
So the Kohli-RCB relationship is not simply a player staying at one club. It is the framework around which his entire IPL career developed.
Virat Kohli as RCB Captain
Virat Kohli became RCB captain in 2013 and remained captain until the end of the 2021 season.
Before captaincy, Kohli’s primary responsibility was his batting. Becoming captain added another layer to his IPL role. He still had to bat in the top order, but he was now also responsible for leading the side through a full tournament.
That combination is important when assessing his captaincy period. Kohli’s RCB career cannot be split into “batter” and “captain” as if the two roles happened separately. For much of this period, the same player was expected to provide runs and lead the team.
Kohli’s captaincy record is reported at around a 46 to 47 percent win rate, although the match totals vary across sources. The key point is that he led RCB from 2013 to 2021, making captaincy a major part of his IPL career. He did not win the IPL during his captaincy period, while RCB’s two titles came later in 2025 and 2026.
Kohli’s captaincy journey can be understood as a change in responsibility rather than a separate career from his batting.
Before captaincy
Kohli entered the IPL as a young RCB batter. His 2008 season produced 165 runs in 12 innings at an average of 15.00. The early period was therefore about development and establishing himself in the league.
As his role grew, RCB eventually gave him the captaincy in 2013. By that point, he was no longer simply being developed as a young player. He had become a central figure in the team.
The 2013 to 2021 captaincy period
From 2013 through 2021, Kohli carried two responsibilities at the same time. His batting remained central to RCB’s output, while his captaincy made him responsible for the team’s broader direction.
That makes his 2016 season particularly interesting within the captaincy era. The 973-run campaign was produced while Kohli was also leading RCB. His individual batting peak and leadership responsibilities therefore overlapped during one of the most productive seasons of his IPL career.
The captaincy period itself did not end with an IPL championship. Kohli stepped down after the 2021 season, closing a nine-season phase in which leadership had been part of his identity.
His long captaincy spell also places him among the Most Successful Captains in IPL history, with his leadership period covering nine seasons from 2013 to 2021.
After captaincy
The end of captaincy did not mean the end of Kohli’s RCB career.
He continued as a senior batter. That gave the later version of Kohli a different job within the team. Instead of carrying the formal captaincy, he could focus more directly on his batting contribution while remaining one of RCB’s most experienced players.
That change becomes significant when the title years are considered. RCB won the IPL in 2025 and 2026, after Kohli had already left the captaincy.
The championship phase therefore represents a different chapter from the captaincy phase. Kohli’s IPL legacy contains both the years when he led RCB and the later years when RCB won the title with him as a senior batter.
Virat Kohli IPL Trophies
Virat Kohli has won two IPL titles, both with RCB, in 2025 and 2026.
The timing is central to the story.
Kohli’s RCB captaincy ended after the 2021 season. Therefore, neither of the two championship wins belongs to his captaincy period. This is why saying simply that Kohli “won the IPL as RCB captain” would be inaccurate based on the supplied research.
The titles instead belong to his later career as an RCB senior batter.
The 2025 championship changed an important part of the long-running IPL narrative around Kohli. Older articles often described him through the absence of an IPL title. That information is now outdated because RCB won in 2025 and again in 2026.
The second title followed in 2026, giving RCB back-to-back championships and giving Kohli two IPL winners’ medals in the later stage of his career.
Virat Kohli IPL Auction Price History
Kohli’s supplied RCB retention and auction-price history is:
| Year | RCB Price |
|---|---|
| 2018 | ₹17 Cr |
| 2019 | ₹17 Cr |
| 2020 | ₹17 Cr |
| 2021 | ₹17 Cr |
| 2022 | ₹15 Cr |
| 2023 | ₹15 Cr |
| 2024 | ₹15 Cr |
| 2025 | ₹21 Cr |
| 2026 | ₹21 Cr |
The pattern is more useful than looking at any one figure.
Kohli remained with RCB through the different retention periods. His price was ₹17 crore from 2018 through 2021, moved to ₹15 crore for 2022 through 2024, and then reached ₹21 crore for 2025 and 2026. The supplied command specifically requires these figures to be preserved.
The price history also runs alongside the career changes. The 2018-2021 period overlaps with the final years of Kohli’s captaincy. The 2022-2024 period came after he stepped down. The ₹21 crore figure then covered the 2025 and 2026 championship period.
Virat Kohli IPL Fielding Stats
Kohli has taken 127 catches in the IPL, with 0 stumpings.
| IPL Season | Matches | Catch Taken | Stumps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 9 | — |
| 2025 | 15 | 3 | — |
| 2024 | 15 | 8 | — |
| 2023 | 14 | 13 | — |
| 2022 | 16 | 9 | — |
| 2021 | 15 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 14 | 8 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 2016 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7 | 0 |
| 2014 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7 | 0 |
| 2012 | 16 | 7 | 0 |
| 2011 | 16 | 7 | 0 |
| 2010 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| 2008 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| All IPL | 283 | 127 | 0 |
Fielding has never been the headline part of his IPL profile, but the catch count adds another dimension to his contribution. He has remained an active outfielder rather than a wicketkeeper, so catches are the relevant measure in the supplied record.
The figure is best viewed alongside his batting record rather than treated as a separate achievement that defines his IPL career.
Virat Kohli IPL Bowling Stats
Kohli has bowled occasionally in the IPL, but bowling has remained a secondary part of his role.
| Bowling Statistic | Figure |
|---|---|
| Overs | 41.5 |
| Runs Conceded | 368 |
| Wickets | 4 |
| Bowling Average | 92.00 |
| Economy Rate | 8.80 |
| Best Bowling | 2/25 |
The four wickets are small compared with his batting contribution. His IPL value has overwhelmingly come from scoring runs in the top order, while his bowling has been used only occasionally. The supplied research specifically instructs that bowling should remain a relatively small section because it is secondary to his batting role.
Important IPL Performances and Milestones
2008: The beginning of the RCB career
Kohli’s first IPL season produced 165 runs in 12 innings at an average of 15.00.
On its own, that is not a standout statistical season. Its importance comes from what followed. It was the first stage of a career that would remain connected to RCB for the next several IPL seasons and eventually produce more than 9,000 runs.
The contrast between this beginning and his later record is one of the clearest ways to understand his development.
2013: Captaincy begins
Kohli became RCB captain in 2013.
This was a career change rather than just another season on the batting record. His responsibilities expanded from producing runs to leading the entire side. From this point, discussions about Kohli’s IPL career had to account for both his individual batting and his leadership role.
2016: The 973-run season
The 2016 season was Kohli’s strongest individual IPL campaign.
He scored 973 runs in 16 matches, averaged 81.08 and struck at 152.03. Four centuries and seven fifties show that the season contained repeated large contributions rather than one isolated peak innings.
His four centuries in 2016 also put him among the players with the highest number of centuries in a single IPL season, a record he shares with Jos Buttler after Buttler matched the mark in 2022.
This season is the main reference point for Kohli’s individual IPL peak.
2021: End of captaincy
Kohli’s captaincy period ended after the 2021 season.
The change did not remove him from RCB. Instead, it changed his place within the team. He moved into the later phase of his IPL career as a senior batter rather than captain.
2025: First IPL title
RCB won the IPL in 2025.
This result changed the way Kohli’s IPL legacy had traditionally been described. The old “great player without an IPL trophy” storyline was no longer accurate after the 2025 championship.
2026: Second consecutive title
RCB won again in 2026.
Kohli’s contribution to the final was particularly important. Against Gujarat Titans, he scored 75 off 42 balls in the final and was named Player of the Match according to the supplied research.
That performance gives the 2026 title a clear individual connection to Kohli’s late IPL career. He was not leading RCB as captain, but he was still producing a major innings in the match that decided the championship.
Virat Kohli’s Last 10 IPL Innings
The supplied recent-innings data is:
| Match | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Final | Gujarat Titans | 75 (42) |
| Qualifier 1 | Gujarat Titans | 43 (25) |
| Match 67 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 15 (11) |
| Match 61 | Punjab Kings | 58 (37) |
| Match 57 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 105 (60) |
| Match 54 | Mumbai Indians | 0 (1) |
| Match 50 | Lucknow Super Giants | 0 (2) |
| Match 42 | Gujarat Titans | 28 (13) |
| Match 39 | Delhi Capitals | 23 (15) |
| Match 34 | Gujarat Titans | 81 (44) |
The useful point in this list is the variation.
Kohli’s recent IPL innings were not a straight run of big scores. There were two ducks, scores of 15, 23 and 28, but also 58, 81, 105, 43 and 75. The 105 against Kolkata Knight Riders was the highest score among these ten innings, while the 75 in the final carried the greatest match context because it came in the title-deciding game.
Virat Kohli’s Last IPL Match
Virat Kohli’s last IPL match in the supplied 2026 data was the IPL final against Gujarat Titans in May 2026 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
He scored 75 off 42 balls. The supplied research also records him as Player of the Match.
The setting matters because this was not simply another league appearance. It was the final of the tournament, and the innings came during RCB’s second consecutive championship season.
It also fits the later stage of Kohli’s IPL career. He was no longer RCB captain, but he remained central enough to produce a 75-run innings in the final.
Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers
AB de Villiers is relevant to Kohli’s IPL career because of the partnership they formed at RCB during an important period of Kohli’s development and peak batting years.
The research records partnerships of 229 runs and 215 not out, along with three 200-plus partnerships between Kohli and de Villiers.
The importance of those partnerships goes beyond the size of the numbers.
Kohli was already a major top-order batter, while de Villiers gave RCB another player capable of producing a large score and changing the pace of an innings. That meant opposition teams were dealing with two different batting threats within the same RCB innings.
For Kohli, the partnership also formed part of the period in which his role was becoming larger within the franchise. RCB could build an innings around the Kohli-de Villiers combination, with both players capable of staying deep into an innings and producing large partnerships.
The 229 and 215* stands are therefore useful when explaining Kohli’s RCB career because they show the kind of batting support around him during that period. The partnership belongs to the story of Kohli’s RCB peak, rather than being a separate AB de Villiers story.
Virat Kohli IPL Records
Kohli’s IPL records are best understood in separate categories because each one says something different about his career.
Career run record
Kohli has 9,336 IPL runs in 283 matches. The research identifies him as the highest run-scorer in IPL history.
The significance is the combination of total output and career length. His run record is not based on a single dominant tournament. It has been built across seasons from 2008 through 2026, with the same franchise involved throughout.
Nine IPL centuries
Kohli has nine IPL centuries.
That number matters because it shows how often his innings have moved beyond fifty into three-figure scores. His 68 fifties add further evidence that large scores have been a recurring part of his IPL batting rather than an occasional event.
973 runs in one season
His 973 runs in 2016 remain the defining single-season figure of his IPL career.
The importance of this record is that it represents an individual peak inside an already long career. Kohli did not need the 2016 season to establish his overall IPL identity, but the season shows the highest level his batting reached in one campaign.
113 as highest IPL score
Kohli’s highest IPL score is 113.
The score sits alongside his nine centuries and helps explain the scale of his big-innings record. It is another marker of his ability to remain at the crease and turn a strong T20 innings into a three-figure score.
844 fours and 316 sixes
Kohli has hit 844 fours and 316 sixes in his IPL career.
These numbers provide detail behind the 9,336-run total. They show the amount of his scoring that has come through boundaries, while his overall run total also includes the runs accumulated without clearing the rope.
Long-term RCB association
Kohli’s entire IPL career has been with RCB since 2008.
That is a career record in a different sense from a batting statistic. It connects the numbers to one franchise across every stage of his IPL journey.
Two IPL championships
Kohli has now won two IPL titles, both with RCB, in 2025 and 2026.
This is especially important because the titles came after his captaincy ended. The achievement therefore adds a championship chapter to his career without changing the fact that his formal RCB captaincy ended in 2021.
Virat Kohli IPL Career Timeline
| Period | Major IPL Event |
|---|---|
| 2008 | IPL debut with RCB |
| 2008-2012 | Early RCB years and development as a batter |
| 2013 | Became RCB captain |
| 2013-2015 | Combined top-order batting with captaincy |
| 2016 | Scored 973 runs and four centuries |
| 2017-2021 | Continued as RCB captain and senior batter |
| 2021 | Ended RCB captaincy |
| 2022-2024 | Continued with RCB as senior batter |
| 2025 | RCB won the IPL |
| 2026 | RCB won the IPL again |
| May 2026 | Scored 75 off 42 in the final against Gujarat Titans |
| End of 2026 | Continued as RCB senior batter |
Virat Kohli’s Latest IPL Status
At that point, Virat Kohli remains associated with RCB as a senior batter. He is no longer the team’s captain. Rajat Patidar was identified as RCB captain during the 2026 season.
His latest major IPL appearance in the supplied data was the 2026 final against Gujarat Titans, where he scored 75 off 42 balls. RCB won the title, giving Kohli his second IPL championship after the 2025 title.
This is the correct context for his latest IPL status: senior RCB batter, former captain, and two-time IPL champion.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many runs has Virat Kohli scored in the IPL?
Virat Kohli has scored 9,336 runs in 283 IPL matches through the end of the supplied 2026 season. His career average is 40.42 and he has nine IPL centuries.
How many IPL centuries does Virat Kohli have?
Virat Kohli has scored nine IPL centuries.
What is Virat Kohli’s highest IPL score?
Virat Kohli’s highest IPL score is 113.
What is Virat Kohli’s IPL batting average?
His IPL batting average is 40.42 through the end of the supplied 2026 season.
What is Virat Kohli’s IPL strike rate?
His IPL strike rate is 134.80.
When did Virat Kohli make his IPL debut?
Kohli made his IPL debut for RCB in 2008.
Which IPL team has Virat Kohli played for?
Kohli has played for Royal Challengers Bengaluru throughout his IPL career. The supplied research identifies RCB as his only IPL franchise since 2008.
When did Virat Kohli become RCB captain?
Virat Kohli became RCB captain in 2013 and remained captain through the 2021 season.
When did Virat Kohli leave RCB captaincy?
Kohli stepped down from the RCB captaincy after the 2021 season. He continued playing for RCB as a senior batter.
How many IPL trophies has Virat Kohli won?
Virat Kohli has won two IPL titles, with RCB in 2025 and 2026.
What was Virat Kohli’s best IPL season?
His best IPL season was 2016, when he scored 973 runs in 16 matches, including four centuries and seven fifties.
How many runs did Virat Kohli score in IPL 2016?
Kohli scored 973 runs in IPL 2016.
How many catches has Virat Kohli taken in the IPL?
He has taken 127 IPL catches.
How many IPL wickets has Virat Kohli taken?
Kohli has taken four IPL wickets from 41.5 overs in the supplied bowling record. His best bowling figure is 2/25.
What was Virat Kohli’s last IPL score?
His IPL score was 75 off 42 balls against Gujarat Titans in the 2026 final.
Who was RCB captain in IPL 2026?
Rajat Patidar was RCB captain during the 2026 season, while Kohli continued as a senior batter.
Conclusion
Virat Kohli’s IPL career is best understood through the changes in his role rather than through one statistic.
He entered the league with RCB in 2008 as a young batter. His early numbers were modest, but the same franchise remained his home as his batting responsibility grew. By 2013, he was RCB captain. In 2016, while carrying that leadership role, he produced the biggest individual season of his IPL career with 973 runs, four centuries, seven fifties and an average of 81.08.
The end of his captaincy in 2021 did not end the RCB chapter. Kohli stayed on as a senior batter, which created a clear separation between his leadership years and the later championship period.
That distinction now matters because RCB won the IPL in 2025 and 2026. The titles came after Kohli’s captaincy, adding a new part to a career that had previously been discussed mainly through individual runs and leadership.
His overall IPL record reflects that long development. By the end of 2026, Kohli had 9,336 runs, nine centuries, 68 fifties and a highest score of 113. Those numbers belong to a career that began with 165 runs in his first season and developed into one of the IPL’s longest and most productive batting records.
The RCB connection is just as important. Kohli did not build this record across several franchises. His IPL career has remained tied to one team from 2008 through the 2026 championship era.
That combination of long-term franchise continuity, sustained run-scoring, a 973-run peak, a nine-season captaincy period and two later IPL titles is what gives Virat Kohli’s IPL career its shape. It is not simply a record of how many runs he scored. It is the story of how his role changed within the same franchise and how the final part of that journey added the championships that were missing from the earlier chapters.
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