Royal Challengers Bangalore only franchise to boast solitary Indian batter with 1000+ runs in IPL history

Royal Challengers Bangalore have witnessed some record-breaking numbers from their star players, including former skipper Virat Kohli, over the years, but they are the only franchise in the competition's history to have played all seasons with only one Indian player breaching the 1000-run mark for the team in IPL. 

Former Indian skipper and RCB batting star Virat Kohli is the outright leading run scorer in the competition's history along with being the only batter to breach the 7000-run mark in IPL. However, he hasn't received much support from his compatriots representing the Red and Gold of RCB as no other Indian batter has been able to cross 1000 runs for the franchise in India's premier domestic franchise league.

While legendary overseas players like AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle were prolific run-scorers for the Bangalore-based franchise during their association with the team, former Indian skipper and batting icon Rahul Dravid is the second leading Indian run scorer for RCB with 898 IPL runs.

Kolkata Knight Riders lead the list with most Indian batters scoring 1000+ runs for the franchise

Two-time IPL winners Kolkata Knight Riders reign supreme in this list as they have had nine Indian batters to have scored more than 1000 runs for the franchise in IPL. Former KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir leads the run-scoring charts with Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Yusuf Pathan, Shubman Gill, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, Sourav Ganguly and Manoj Tiwary featuring on the list.

Four-time champions Chennai Super Kings are the team with the second most Indian batters in the list of 1000+ run scorers for the franchise, featuring, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Ambati Rayudu, Subramaniam Badrinath and Ruturaj Gaikwad.

Rohit Sharma's Mumbai Indians have also had seven Indian batters scoring more than 1000 runs for the franchise, featuring the likes of Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Suryakumar Yadav, Sachin Tendulkar, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya.

Delhi Capitals have also had seven Indian batters breaching the thousand-run mark, featuring Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Virender Sehwag, Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Gautam Gambhir and Dinesh Karthik.

Inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals boast of five players on that list with Sanju Samson leading the run-scoring charts along with Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Dravid, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Yusuf Pathan.

Punjab Kings have had four Indian batters breach the 1000-run mark for them in IPL with former skipper KL Rahul leading the run-scoring charts, followed by Mayank Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha and Mandeep Singh. 2016 IPL winners Sunrisers Hyderabad have just two names on the list with veteran Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan and Manish Pandey having amassed 1000+ runs for the franchise.