IPL 2018: 4 all-time IPL records shattered during the first two weeks of 11th edition
IPL 2018 has got off to a great start. We are in the second week of the tournament, and so far, we have witnessed some phenomenal performances with the bat as well as the ball. The current season of the IPL promises to be bigger and better than ever.
With IPL around, you can never be far away from records. In its long history of ten years, IPL has witnessed many records being broken.
Thus, let us have a look at four all-time IPL records that got shattered in the first two weeks of the eleventh edition.
#1 All-time leading run-scorer
Virat Kohli has been a revelation in every format of the game, be it T20, ODI or Tests. The Indian captain has always been a class apart.
In the match between MI and RCB, Kohli surpassed Suresh Raina to become the all-time leading run-scorer of IPL. With 4619 runs, the RCB captain has topped the leaderboard of most IPL runs.
In addition to that, he became the first Indian player in the history of 20-over cricket to score 5000 or more runs for a single franchise. Till date, Virat has scored as many as 5043 (including CLT20) runs at an average of 38.30 for RCB.