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Virat Kohli's excellent performance continues in the IPL 2024 season. He has scored two half-centuries in the first three matches and also has the Orange Cap. He played an unbeaten inning of 83 runs on 59 balls against KKR on Friday. In this innings, Virat hit four fours and four sixes. With the help of four sixes in this innings, he broke two records of Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers. With this, King Kohli has also become the new Sixer King of IPL. He has broken two big records of Gayle and De Villiers.
Virat overtook Dhoni
Virat Kohli has now become the batsman who has hit the most sixes for any team and RCB in IPL. In both these cases, he left Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers behind. He has become the player to hit the most sixers for any one team in RCB or IPL. Chris Gayle has the record of hitting 357 sixes in IPL. In this list also, Virat is at fourth place with 241 sixes. Virat has left MS Dhoni (239 sixes) behind in this matter.
Most sixes for any team in IPL
- 241 Sixers – Virat Kohli (RCB)
- 239 Sixers – Chris Gayle (RCB)
- 238 Sixers – AB de Villiers (RCB)
- 223 Sixers- Kieron Pollard (MI)
- 209 Sixers – Rohit Sharma (MI)
Most sixes for RCB in IPL
- 241-Virat Kohli
- 239-Chris Gayle
- 238- AB de Villiers
- 67- Glenn Maxwell
- 50- Faf du Plessis
Questions raised on Virat's batting!
Virat Kohli played a brilliant inning of 83 runs but still came under doubt. Questions were raised on his batting in the last four-five overs. He started well but was disappointed by his slow batting in the final overs. After this, many questions started being raised on his strike rate.