New Delhi, April 27 -- Virat Kohli became the first man on earth to complete 9000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday in a match against Delhi Capitals. having started his innings at 8989 runs, Kohli started his innings with a four straight over the bowler's (Dusmantha Chameera) head.

Kohli's 9000th run came with a single off Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel, in front of a pavilion named after him at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. In fact, it is the same venue, where it all began for the boy born in Delhi on November 5, 1988. Chasing a meagre 76 runs to win, RCB lost Jacob Bethell before Devdutt Padikkal did all the beating.

Kohli went slow till his 9000th run, before clobbering T Natarajan for two back-to-back sixes to guide ...