Watch IPL 2015 Cricket Live Online Royal Challengers Bangalore Captain, Watch IPL 2015 Cricket Live Online Royal Challengers Bangalore Captain.Contemporaries and critics may refuse to compare Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli but the latter's batting deeds cannot escape the attention of cricket statisticians.
Virat Kohli, who is leading Royal Challengers Bangalore, needs all of 67 runs to aggregate 500 runs in IPL 2016. If Kohli gets the runs, the batting star will then become the first captain in IPL to score 500-plus runs in three separate editions. Tendulkar has done this twice for Mumbai Indians'>Mumbai Indians.
Even if Royal Challengers Bangalore do not qualify for the IPL playoffs, Kohli will get at least five games to score the necessary 67 runs. Considering his good run with the bat - Kohli holds the Orange Cap for being the highest run-getter in IPL 2016 with 433 runs - breaking Tendulkar's record should be a formality.
As Mumbai Indians' captain, Tendulkar who scored over 500 runs in two editions of the IPL -- 618 in 2010 and 553 in 2011. Kohli achieved this feat too -- 634 in 2013 and 505 in 2015.
The right-hander is 67 runs shot of reaching the 500-run mark in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League.Should he get there, the Delhi batsman will became the only captain to score over 500 runs in three seasons of the league.
Former Mumbai Indians skipper Tendulkar achieved this feat on two occasions.
At the moment, the 27-year-old is assured of at least fives games to score these runs.
Kohli, with 433 runs, currently holds the Orange Cap. He scored 634 and 505 runs in 2013 and 2015 respectively.This year, Virat has the perfect chance to break the record (currently held by him only) for highest runs scored by a captain in a single IPL season.
