Virat Kohli, who came as the opener for RCB who batted first, scored 61 runs off 44 balls. Also, this is Kohli’s second half-century in the current IPL season. Kohli who hit 4 sixes in this sequence.. became the 5th player to hit the most sixes in the history of IPL..
As part of the 16th season of IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Supergiants met on Monday. Lucknow beat the home team by one wicket with the last ball in this thrilling match at Bangalore’s Chinnaswamy Stadium. But Virat Kohli, who came as opener for RCB who batted first, scored 61 runs off 44 balls. Also, this is Kohli’s second half-century in the current IPL season. Kohli, who hit 4 sixes in this sequence, became the 5th player (227 sixes) in the history of IPL. Actually this position was previously held by Mumbai Indians player Kieran Pollard (223 sixes). Moreover, with this innings of 61 runs, Kohli also received another achievement.
Yes, Kohli, who is the highest run scorer in the history of IPL, is the fourth leading run scorer in the T20 format. Before this match on Monday, Kohli was fifth in the T20I top scorer list with 11,368 runs. Also Aaron Finch was fourth with 11392 runs. But Kohli surpassed Aaron Finch with his 61 against the Lucknow team. Kohli now has a total score of 11429 in the T20 format.
Meanwhile, who is in the top 5 list in T20 format..
- Chris Gayle – 14562 (455 innings)
- Shoaib Malik – 12528 (474 innings)
- Kieran Pollard – 12175 (555 innings)
- Virat Kohli – 11429 (345 innings)
- Aaron Finch – 11392 (376 innings)
Most runs in T20 cricket history:
•Chris Gayle – 14562 (455 inns). •Shoaib Malik – 12528 (474 inns). •Kieron Pollard – 12175 (555 inns). •Virat Kohli – 11429 (345 inns). •A Finch – 11392 (376 inns).
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Meanwhile, Virat Kohli is the third highest run scorer in the 16th season of IPL with 164 runs. He scored an unbeaten 82 against Mumbai Indians, 21 against Kolkata Knight Riders and 61 against Lucknow Supergiant. On the other hand, Kohli, who played 107 international T20 innings for India, scored 4008 runs and scored 6788 runs in 218 IPL innings.
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