Virat Kohli completes 13,000 runs in T20 cricket
Mumbai, Apr 7 (PTI): Virat Kohli on Monday became the first Indian to complete 13,000 runs in T20 cricket during the Indian Premier League contest between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians here.
Kohli reached the landmark with his second half-century this IPL season to become only the fifth batter overall to have scored 13,000 runs in the shortest format of the game.
The right-handed modern day great achieved the feat in a little over 400 matches in his career.
Kohli had retired from T20 Internationals in the middle of last year after helping India win their second T20 World Cup in the Americas, having played 125 matches to score 4,188 runs with one century and 38 fifties at an average of 48.69 and strike rate of 137.04.
He is the third-highest run scorer in T20Is after Rohit Sharma (4,231 runs) and Pakistan's Babar Azam (4,223).
Rohit is the second in the list among highest run-scorers in overall T20 cricket with 11,851 runs in 451 matches.
Overall, Kohli had scored 12,983 runs before the IPL clash on Monday with nine centuries and 98 fifties at an average of 38.93 and strike rate of over 132.
The IPL season-opening contest between RCB and Kolkata Knight Riders on March 23 was Kohli's 400th game in the shortest format.
Chris Gayle leads the list of highest run-scorers in T20 cricket with 14,562 in 463 matches, followed by Alex Hales at the second spot with 13,610 runs, Shoaib Malik at third with 13,557 runs in 555 matches and Kieron Pollard at the fourth position with 13,537 runs in 695 matches.
Ma𝓥erick’s Massive Milestone! 👑🙇🏼♂️
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) April 7, 2025
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RSS volunteers' mission is to shape a person into better human being: Bhagwat
Nagpur (PTI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said the work of RSS 'swayamsevaks' or volunteers is to shape a person into a better human being.
He was speaking at a program organised by the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) here on the occasion of birth anniversary of Yashwantrao Kelkar, a former RSS and ABVP leader.
ABVP and all the organisations affiliated to the RSS work on the basis of an ideology inspired by patriotism, said Bhagwat.
"We all work on the basis of an ideology....It is the rise of India. Patriotism is our inspiration," he said.
The work of RSS volunteers is to shape a person into a better human being, Bhagwat said.
Yashwantrao Kelkar was an inspiration for him and all swayamsevaks, he added.
