Kohli also became the second-fastest batsman to the feat having achieved the milestone in his 271st innings. Chris Gayle was the fastest, amassing 9000 runs in just 253 innings.
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On Monday, Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli almost...almost broke the no-saliva rule, but stopped. It was in the third over of the IPL 2020 game against Delhi Capitals in Dubai.
RCB have made two changes owing to Adam Zampa's illness. Moeen Ali has been brought in as their all-round option while Mohammed Siraj has replaced Gurkeerat Mann. For Delhi, Axar replaced Amit Mishra
Bhuvneshwar sustained the injury while bowling the 19th over of Chennai Super Kings' innings during their October 2 clash here and hobbled out of the field after just one delivery.
Bhuvneshwar had incurred an injury during the game against Chennai Super Kings in his final over. He had walked off immediately and had missed SRH's game against Mumbai Indians in Sharjah on Sunday.
Amit Mishra had sustained a tendon injury while bowling during the match against Kolkata Knight Riders in Sharjah last week.
Gambhir, who captained Uthappa during his stint with Kolkata Knight Riders, feels the RR batsman has to at least provide some momentum in the middle order.
Of Kohli's 8990 runs, 2794 runs have been scored in his 82 international appearances. The remaining 5502 runs have been scored for RCB in his 181 IPL appearances where he averages 37.86 with 42 half-century-plus scores.
In 24 meetings between the two sides, RCB have won 15, while losing eight.
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