The 2025-edition of the Indian Premier League about to get commence form March 22, where the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders Taking on Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the iconic Eden Gardens. Apart from this craze, there is one more reason for fans for this match is to see Team India’s star batter Virat Kohli.

Virat Kohli has been a sensational batter for Team India as well as for RCB. Under his regime, both Team India and RCB achieved new heights. Kohli is the leading run-getter in the IPL history with 8004 runs in 252 matches.

Virat Kohli’s Jersey Number

Kohli has been donning the iconic number “18” for a decade and has been lucky for him. But do you know, Kohli’s jersey number was always 18, during his initial years, Kohli used to wear the “Number 5” Jersey.

In the initial years of IPL (2008,2009, 2010), Kohli wore number 5. After the 2011 Mega Auction, Kohli was retained and started wearing “Number 18” and since then, there is no looking back for “King Kohli”.

Virat Kohli’s IPL Stats Since 2010

Since 2010, Virat Kohli established himself as the sensational batter and now he became the modern-day great. Since 2010, Kohli accumulated 7938 runs in 234 IPL matches at a strike rate of 134.08 with 56 fifties and 8 hundreds (Which is most by any batter in IPL history).

Virat Kohli’s Overall IPL Stats