Bengaluru, April 24 -- Virat Kohli scripted history as he became the first batter in the Indian Premier League (IPL) to hit 800 fours. Kohli achieved the milestone during his knock of 81 runs in the Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) match against the Gujarat Titans (GT) on Friday.

Virat Kohli now has 807 boundaries to his name in 274 IPL matches, the most by any batter in the tournament's history. He is well clear of the second-placed Shikhar Dhawan on the list of batters with the most boundaries in IPL. Dhawan has 768 fours to his name.

Virat Kohli also became only the third batter to smash 300 sixes in IPL history, after Chris Gayle (357 sixes) and Rohit Sharma (310 sixes). Kohli now has 303 maximums to his name.

Kohli scored 81 ru...