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Vijay Mallya: The playoff matches of IPL 2024 have started. The eliminator match is to be played today i.e. on 22nd May. This match will be played between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The winner of this match will play Qualifier 2 against Sunrisers Hyderabad, which will be played on May 24, but before the eliminator, a tweet by former Royal Challengers Bangalore owner Vijay Mallya has surfaced. In which he is seen wishing good luck to Bangalore.
Vijay Mallya claimed by tweeting
Vijay Mallya wished his old team on Twitter. On the day of Royal Challengers Bangalore's IPL eliminator match, Mallya wrote on social media that he feels that Royal Challengers Bangalore can become champions this season.
Mallya wrote on Twitter- “When I bought the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise and Virat, my conscience told me that I could not have taken a better decision. The same conscience now tells me that Royal Challengers Bangalore are the strongest contenders to win the IPL trophy. Go ahead. May you be successful.”
How many times has Bengaluru qualified for the IPL playoffs so far?
Royal Challengers Bangalore is performing well this season and has reached the playoffs by winning 6 consecutive matches. At one time the team had lost 7 out of the first 8 matches but later made a great comeback but before that Bangalore had already qualified for the IPL playoffs. Bengaluru has qualified for the playoffs 9 times for the first time after IPL 2024. Bengaluru has won the final thrice but has not won the IPL trophy even once.
Kohli has the most runs in a season in IPL history.
Virat Kohli has played 14 matches so far this season. In these 14 matches, he has scored 708 runs at a strike rate of 155.60. Which includes five half-centuries and one century. Virat Kohli has hit 59 fours and 37 sixes so far this season. Kohli is the player who has scored the most runs in a season in the history of IPL. He scored 973 runs in 16 matches in IPL 2016. This includes seven half-centuries and four centuries.