Saturday , November 23 2024

IPL 2024: Virat Kohli breaks De Villiers' record, although Rohit tops the list

Virat Kohli Records: Virat Kohli played a brilliant innings while chasing the target of 201 runs for Gujarat Titans in the 45th match of IPL 2024. The former RCB captain scored 70 runs in 44 balls with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes. Now with this unbeaten innings, Virat Kohli has broken the record of former RCB batsman AB de Villiers.

In the match played against Gujarat, Kohli has left AB de Villiers behind in terms of sixes. Kohli has now hit 254 sixes in IPL. De Villiers hit 251 sixes in his IPL career. Rohit Sharma of Mumbai Indians is second in this list with 275 sixes. In such a situation, Kohli can break this record also. Chris Gayle is at number one in this list. Gayle has hit 357 sixes in his IPL career.

Batsman who hit most sixes in IPL

Chris Gayle- 357 sixes

Rohit Sharma- 275 sixes

Virat Kohli- 254 sixes

AB de Villiers- 251 sixes

MS Dhoni- 247 sixes

Kohli completes 500 runs in IPL 2024

Virat Kohli has completed 500 runs in IPL 2024. He became the first batsman to reach this figure in the current season. Kohli, who scored the most runs, has the Orange Cap. King Kohli has so far scored 500 runs in 10 innings of 10 matches, batting at an average of 71.43 and strike rate of 147.49.

Even after winning the match against Gujarat, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team is at 10th place in the points table. RCB has played 10 matches so far in the season. They have got only 3 wins and 7 losses. In three matches, RCB has defeated Punjab Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans. The net run rate of the team is 6 points -0.415. However, the team is still not officially out of the race for the playoffs.