RCB's Virat Kohli scripts this unique IPL record: Details
What's the story
Royal Challengers Bengaluru star Virat Kohli on Sunday (April 21) became the first batter to complete 250 Indian Premier League (IPL) maximums for a franchise. He accomplished the milestone with his second maximum against Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 36 of the 2024 IPL at the Eden Gardens. He ended up scoring a 7-ball 18 (1 four, 2 sixes).
Tally
250 sixes for RCB
Kohli is the only player to have represented just one franchise in the past 16 IPL seasons. He completed 250 maximums in his 245th IPL appearance for RCB. Overall, the batting talisman became the fourth player to hammer 250 maximums in the tournament. He joined Chris Gayle (357), Rohit Sharma (275), and AB de Villiers (251). The former RCB captain also owns 679 fours.
IPL
Highest run-getter in IPL history
Kohli is the leading run-scorer in the Indian Premier League (IPL). With this knock, he has raced to 7,642 runs matches at 38.01. His strike rate is a healthy 130.9. The tally includes eight tons, the most in the tournament, besides 52 half-centuries. Against KKR, he has raced to 962 runs at 38.48 (50s: 6, 100: 1).
Campaign
Leading run-getter of IPL 2024
Kohli is the IPL 2024 season's leading scorer. In seven matches, the RCB supremo owns 379 runs at 63.17. His strike rate is 150.4. Kohli has clocked one ton and two fifties. No other batter has touched the 350-run mark this season. Overall, in T20 cricket, Kohli has raced to 12,373 runs in 384 games at 41.65 (100s: 9, 50s: 93).
Summary
KKR beat RCB by a solitary run
Philip Salt's 14-ball 48 got KKR off to a flier. Shreyas Iyer later scored a 36-ball 50 as KKR finished at 222/6. Meanwhile, fiery fifties from Rajat Patidar (52) and Will Jacks (55) meant RCB were cruising at 137/2 at one stage. However, Andre Russell's three-fer helped KKR fold their opposition for 221. KKR hence clinched the contest by a solitary run.