Indian stalwart needed just 6 runs to complete 12,000 T20 runs, a feat he achieved with his 21 off 20 against CSK in IPL 2024 opener.
Kohli is the 1st Indian to reach the mark. Behind him, there's Rohit Sharma, but the Hitman is still 844 runs away for now.
Virat Kohli is the 6th batter and Chris Gayle, Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Alex Hales and David Warner to reach 12,000-run landmark.
VK reached the landmark in his 360th T20 innings, becoming the 2nd fastest batter ever to scale Mt. 12,000.
Chris Gayle reached the landmark in his 343rd innings. Kohli went past David Warner, who took 368 innings to achieve the feat.
Kohli also has 8 T20 hundreds, 7 of them came in the IPL - most for any batter in world's biggest T20 league.
Kohli, during his knock at Chepauk, also completed 1000 runs against the Chennai Super Kings.