Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Virat Kohli played an inning of 77 runs in 49 balls against Punjab Kings. He hit 11 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. Due to this brilliant innings, RCB won, while Virat Kohli was given the Player of the Match award. Virat Kohli was chosen Player of the Match in IPL matches for a record 17th time, but do you know who is included in the list of top-5 Indian players with most Player of the Match awards in the history of IPL?
Dominance of these Indian players…
Rohit Sharma is the Indian player to win the Player of the Match award the most number of times in the history of IPL. Rohit Sharma has been given the Player of the Match award 19 times. Apart from this, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli have got the title of Player of the Match 17-17 times. Yusuf Pathan is at number four in this list. Yusuf Pathan was awarded the Player of the Match award 16 times in IPL history. Whereas former Chennai Super Kings players Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja have won the Player of the Match award 14-14 times.
Royal Challengers Bangalore got their first win of the season
Let us tell you that Virat Kohli won the Player of the Match title for a record 17th time in IPL matches against Punjab Kings. Talking about this match, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings by 4 wickets. In this way RCB got its first win of the season. Batting first, Punjab Kings scored 176 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Royal Challengers Bangalore achieved the target for 8 wickets in 19.2 overs.