Lucknow: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) veteran batsman Virat Kohli is in excellent form in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. With this he has equaled a big record of former star player Chris Gayle. Let us tell you that this season Kohli is on top in terms of scoring runs and along with this he has also captured the Orange Cap. Virat has crossed the mark of 700 runs in IPL 2024 and with this he has equaled Gayle's record.
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In fact, Virat has now become the second batsman in the history of IPL to score more than 700 runs in any two seasons. Earlier in the year 2016, he had scored 973 runs. Now in the 14 matches played so far this season, the right-handed batsman has scored 708 runs with an average of 64.36 and strike rate of 155.60. During this period, he has scored one century and 5 half-centuries. Kohli crossed this figure when he scored 47 runs in 29 balls during the match played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. During this inning, he hit 3 fours and 4 sixes.
Before Virat, Gayle has done this feat twice. The former left-handed batsman did this feat in the year 2012 and he repeated this feat in the next season as well. With this, Gayle became the first player in IPL history to do so, but now 35-year-old Virat has also equaled his record.
Virat Kohli completed 3000 runs in Chinnaswamy
With 47 runs against CSK, Kohli completed his 3000 runs in IPL at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. With this, he has now become the first player to score 3000 runs at a single venue. Let us tell you that he was batting well since the beginning of this season. The team had to face consecutive defeats in the first half but he made a tremendous comeback in the second half.
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