Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) acquired off to a flyer towards Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match on Saturday, smashing 62 runs off simply 33 balls. Over the course of his keep within the center, Kohli hit 5 sixes and 5 fours, stitching an excellent 97-run stand for the primary wicket with debutant Jacob Bethell. Within the course of, Kohli went on to script historical past within the T20 league’s historical past, changing into the primary participant ever to hit 300 sixes for a single franchise.
In IPL historical past, no participant had ever hit 300 sixes for a single group earlier than. The second participant on the record is Chris Gayle, who hit a complete of 263 sixes within the IPL for RCB. Gayle additionally tops the record of most sixes within the league’s historical past (357), whereas counting his maximums for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) as properly.
Within the recreation, Kohli additionally grew to become the batter to hit essentially the most runs towards a single franchise. After his innings towards the Tremendous Kings, Kohli aggregated 1146 runs. The tally takes him high of the charts, beating David Warner’s file of 1134 runs towards Punjab Kings.
Most runs towards an opponent in IPL:
1146 – Virat Kohli vs CSK
1134 – David Warner vs PBKS
1130 – Virat Kohli vs DC
1104 – Virat Kohli vs PBKS
1093 – David Warner vs KKR
1083 – Rohit Sharma vs KKR
Courtesy of the knock towards CSK, Kohli additionally has a whopping 154 sixes on the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru within the shortest format, beating Chris Gayle’s file of 151.
Most sixes at a single venue in T20s:
154 – Virat Kohli at Bengaluru
151 – Chris Gayle at Bengaluru
138 – Chris Gayle at Mirpur
135 – Alex Hales at Nottingham
122 – Rohit Sharma at Wankhede
Relating to performances towards CSK, Kohli additionally has essentially the most variety of half-centuries towards the MS Dhoni-led facet in IPL historical past. He now has 10 fifty-plus scores towards CSK, beating the file collectively held by Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner, and Rohit Sharma.
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