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Virat Kohli continues to set new records in the current Indian Premier League (IPL) season. The star batter for Royal Challengers Bengaluru has added one more achievement to his illustrious IPL journey. Kohli, who holds the record as the leading run-scorer in IPL history & is the only player to surpass the 8000 run mark, has now become the first-ever player to reach 1000 boundaries in this tournament.
He reached this remarkable milestone during RCB's IPL 2025 match against Delhi Capitals at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, on Thursday. In this match, DC captain Axar Patel won the toss & chose to bowl first against RCB.
The Delhi Capitals remain the only unbeaten team in the tournament, having won all 3 of their matches thus far, placing them 2nd on the points table. RCB stands 3rd with three victories and one defeat.
RCB team retained their playing XI, Delhi Capitals reinstated Faf du Plessis in place of Samir Rizvi.
RCB Playing XI: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
DC Playing XI: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, KL Rahul (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel (c), Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar.
In some another IPL news, Chennai Super Kings faced a significant setback on Thursday as their regular captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was ruled out for this season due to an elbow injury, prompting Mahendra Singh Dhoni to return to the captaincy role. CSK head coach Stephen Fleming confirmed this resolution.
"We have an uncapped player, MS Dhoni, who will take over as captain for the remainder of the IPL," Fleming said to the mediapersons ahead of the match against KKR on Friday.
Dhoni had previously led CSK from 2008 until 2023, securing 5 IPL titles. He passed the captaincy to Gaikwad before the beginning of the 2024 season.
Gaikwad sustained the injury when he was hit by a short ball from Jofra Archer on 30th of march, & since then, he has participated in two games.