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Xtra Time Web Desk: The 14^th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) is all set to begin with defending champions Mumbai Indians taking on Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai on Friday, April 09,2021. Whenever these two heavyweights clash, it produces a high octane contest and one can expect yet another mouth watering clash between the both sides. Both the sides will be led by two absolute legends of the game in this format – Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Apart from leading their franchises successfully over the years, both Virat and Rohit is on the verge of some personal milestones. Let us see what milestones both Kohli and Rohit can achieve in the IPL 2021 season opener:

Rohit Sharma can become the highest Indian six-hitter in IPL history

MI captain Rohit Sharma has smashed 213 sixes in IPL so far and is only behind MS Dhoni (216) among Indian players. The dashing opener will reach the top spot in this tally if he hits 4 sixes against RCB.

Virat Kohli can become the first cricketer to hit 6k runs in IPL history

Virat Kohli has so far accumulated 5878 runs in 184 innings in his IPL career. He has scored these runs at an average of 38.16, and a strike rate of 130.73. He requires 122 more runs to become the first cricketer in IPL history to achieve the 6000-run mark.

Kohli will be the first player to score 2500+ runs in two different batting position

Virat has 2345 runs to his name as an opener in 61 innings. Since he will be opening this year, Virat will have a chance to complete 2500 runs as an opener. He will become the first player to score 2500+ IPL runs at two different positions if does that. The dashing batsman has aggregated 2696 runs in 86 innings while batting at number 3.