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Virat Kohli Surpasses Shikhar Dhawan To Become Leading Run-Getter Vs CSK In IPL History

Akshita Patel

Virat Kohli 's new record vs CSK [Source: @anngrypakiistan/X.com]Virat Kohli 's new record vs CSK [Source: @anngrypakiistan/X.com]

Virat Kohli, the heart of RCB, has surpassed Shikhar Dhawan to become the leading run scorer in IPL against CSK. After a 31-run knock in a recent IPL 2025 season game, Kohli re-established his dominance against the Yellow Army.

IPL 2025 season hosted a high-voltage southern derby between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). RCB batted first in Chepauk and were off to a flyer start, thanks to Phil Salt’s 32 off 16 balls.

Virat Kohli, the other opener, also supported Salt at a slower pace, scoring 31 off 30 balls. However, his knock helped him achieve a personal milestone against Chennai.

Virat Kohli Conquers CSK With New Record

Indian cricket stalwart Virat Kohli has been a consistent performer against CSK over the years in the IPL, often leading RCB’s batting charge with crucial knocks. In the recent IPL 2023 clash, he scored 31 runs against Chennai and became the player with the most runs scored against CSK in IPL’s history.

With 1084 runs, Kohli surpassed the previous record of Shikhar Dhawan who hit 1057 runs against CSK in 29 games. Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik and David Warner are some other names who feature in this list.

Most runs scored against CSK

Players
Runs scored vs CSK
Virat Kohli
1084
Shikhar Dhawan1057
Rohit Sharma896
Dinesh Karthik727
David Warner 696

Meanwhile, after Kohli was dismissed, captain Rajat Patidar powered RCB’s innings, scoring 51 off 32 balls. While the Chepauk wicket is often tricky for batters, Bengaluru batters set a competitive total of 196 runs as Tim David slammed 19 runs off Sam Curran's last over which included 3 consecutive sixes.

For CSK, Noor Ahmad again impressed with 3 wickets. Matheesha Pathirana, though returning from injury, picked crucial wickets of Patidar and Krunal Pandya to put a stoppage to RCB’s scoring rate in the death overs.