V Kohli completes 3000 IPL runs – becomes the fifth batsman in IPL to amass 3000 plus IPL runs
V Kohli of Bangalore completed 3000 IPL runs when he was on 33 during his knock of 82 not out against Mumbai at Mum-WS on 10.05.15. He became the fifth batsman in the history of IPL to amass 3000 runs. Others are – SK Raina {3594}, RG Sharma {3279}, G Gambhir {3094} and CH Gayle {3078}.
Bangalore became the first team in the history of IPL to have two batsmen who have an aggregate of 3000 plus runs – CH Gayle {3078} and V Kohli {3049}
RV Uthappa is on the threshold of completing 3000 IPL runs. He has an aggregate of 2957 runs as of 10.05.15 and require 43 more runs to reach the land mark. If he gets them, he would become the sixth batsman to amass 3000 plus IPL runs and Kolkata would become the second team to possess two batsmen who have scored 3000 plus runs. G Gambhir is the other Kolkata batsman to aggregate 3000 plus runs. He has scored 3094 runs as of 10.05.15. The following table lists the batsman who have scored 3000 plus runs in IPL.
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | SK Raina | 127 | 123 | 19 | 3594 | 100* | 34.55 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 313 | 147 |
| 2 | RG Sharma | 124 | 120 | 19 | 3279 | 109* | 32.46 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 262 | 143 |
| 3 | G Gambhir | 115 | 114 | 10 | 3094 | 93 | 29.75 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 363 | 45 |
| 4 | CH Gayle | 77 | 76 | 11 | 3078 | 175* | 47.35 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 250 | 222 |
| 5 | V Kohli | 118 | 110 | 17 | 3049 | 99 | 32.78 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 270 | 105 |