IPL 2019: Seven records that have been broken so far

#6 Raina and Kohli scale Mount. 5000

S Raina and Virat Kohli

Leading into the IPL, one of the talking points was around this ongoing tug-of-war between Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli as to who will become the first batsman to score 5,000 IPL runs?

Raina started the tournament at 4985 runs while Kohli [4948] was 52 runs behind the magic number. So, when the first game of the tournament rolled around, this mini-battle added another intriguing flavour to the South Indian derby.

With Kohli getting a chance to bat first in the tournament opener, it looked like the Indian captain will add another feather to his cap.

But, on a rank-turner, Kohli holed out in the deep while trying to up the ante against Harbhajan Singh. The Challengers folded for just 70, giving Raina an ideal chance to achieve the well-deserved feat, and did so during his 21-ball 19.

But, Kohli did not take much time either. During his innings of 46 against the Mumbai Indians, the RCB captain achieved a unique feat. He, not only joined Suresh Raina in the 5000-club but also became the first player to score 5,000 IPL runs for a single franchise.

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#5 Most runs in a debut over- Varun Chakravarthy (25)

Varun Chakravarthy

Imagine, you're one of the highest bid cricketers' in the IPL Auction, you're franchise has racked in a whopped Rs 8.4 Crore for your services, you make your debut and everything comes down shattering in your very first over

This is what happened with the 27-year-old mystery spinner from Tamil Nadu- Varun Chakravarthy.

Chakravarthy came to bowl in the second over of the match and was taken apart by Sunil Narine for 25 runs [1,6,2,4,6,6] in a single over- the most expensive over by a bowler on debut.