Record-breaker: Virat Kohli raises his bat as he celebrates his 50 alongside AB De Villiers on Friday. (Photo: AFP/Manjunath KIRAN)

BANGALORE, India: Skipper Virat Kohli smashed his first half-century of this Indian Premier League season for Royal Challengers Bangalore to become the highest ever run-scorer in the Twenty20 tournament on Friday (Apr 5).