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Virat Kohli’s bat is scoring runs in IPL
Kohli has become the first batsman to score 7500 runs in IPL.
New Delhi. Royal Challengers Bangalore’s star batsman Virat Kohli has registered a big achievement in his name by scoring his 8th century in IPL. Virat made this record against Rajasthan Royals in the 19th match of IPL 2024. He completed his century in 67 balls. Virat is the batsman who has scored most centuries in IPL. After him comes Chris Gayle who has scored 6 centuries. Kohli completed his fifty in 39 balls at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. He also completed his 7500 runs in IPL during this period. Virat is the first batsman to achieve this feat. Virat returned unbeaten after scoring 113 runs on 72 balls. Kohli has scored 316 runs in IPL this season. Virat is in possession of the Orange Cap.
Virat Kohli and captain Faf du Plessis gave a blazing start to RCB. Both of them made a partnership of 125 runs for the first wicket. Duplessis was out after scoring 44 runs in 33 balls. Kohli holds the record for most number of 100 plus partnerships for any wicket in IPL. Virat has done this feat 28 times, while David Warner is at second place in this list, who has made partnerships of more than 100 runs 26 times. Overall this is Virat’s ninth century in T20.
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Virat has made 100 plus partnerships with De Villiers 10 times
The pair of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers has made the highest partnership of 100 plus for any wicket in IPL. Kohli and ABD have done this feat 10 times, whereas Kohli along with Chris Gayle has accomplished this feat 9 times. He has done this six times with Faf Duplessis. Virat has become the batsman who scored the most runs in the powerplay in IPL 2024. He has scored 121 runs in the powerplay this season.
Most runs in IPL are in the name of Virat
Virat Kohli has the record of scoring most runs in IPL. Shikhar Dhawan is at second place in this list. Dhawan has scored 6755 runs in 221 matches while David Warner has scored 6545 runs in 180 matches. Rohit Sharma is at fourth place in this list after scoring 6280 runs in 246 matches.
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Tags: IPL 2024, Rajasthan Royals, rcb, Virat Kohli
FIRST PUBLISHED: April 6, 2024, 21:03 IST