Virat Kohli And David warner The Indian Premier League (IPL) is two best batsmen in history. They have some great records, which will be difficult to break other batsmen.
Kohli has been with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) since the start of IPL. Over the years, he became a symbol of stability, run out for the fun season after the season. Meanwhile, David Warner started his career at Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capital) and also played his last season in that franchise. However, in the middle of his two stents with Delhi, he became a reputed player and captain for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Kohli is the leading run-scorer in IPL history, scoring 8,509 runs out of 263 matches, an average of 39.57 and 132.60 strike rates. Warner is ranked fourth in this list, scoring 6,565 runs from 184 matches, a strike rate of 40.52 and 139.77 on an average. Therefore, Southpo has a better average and strike rate than the captain of former India. No other foreign batsman has more runs than Warner in the IPL.
Kohli and Warner have the largest number of half-middle-system (62) in the league. While in the past, he has eight centuries named after him, more than any other cricketer in IPL history, the latter has scored four.
Warner is the only batsman in IPL history to win Orange Cap three times – 2015, 2017 and 2019. Meanwhile, Kohli won the prestigious cap on some occasions in 2016 and 2024. However, he is in the race to win the Orange Cap in a well and true ongoing season. Kohli could become the first Indian batsman to win an orange cap in the back-to-back season.
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Kohli holds a record for scoring the most runs in a special IPL season. In IPL 2016, he scored 973 runs in 16 innings. Meanwhile, Warner scored the fourth highest run in the same season. It also came in IPL 2016, when the Australian batsman scored 848 runs in 17 innings.
Kohli has the most runs as captain in the IPL. He scored 4,994 runs in 143 matches as captain. Meanwhile, Warner scored the fifth most runs in the IPL as Captain. He scored 3,356 runs out of 83 matches.
According to data, it would not be wrong to choose Kohli as the best batsman and warner as the best foreign batsman in IPL history.
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