The Indian captain Virat Kohli has been one of the modern greats due to his excellent consistency and composure across all the formats. Although he has not won any major ICC or IPL titles, he has been the inspiration for other cricketers around the world. His idea of playing fit players in the squad has produced good results in bilateral series, especially in the overseas tours. Coming to IPL, the Royal Challengers Bangalore are on a roll with 4 wins in 4 matches and are at the top of the points table.
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Kohli’s baby celebration after first fifty in IPL 2021
In the first innings of the match between RCB and RR, the Rajasthan team scored 177 on the board with contributions from Shivam Dube and Tewatia. The bowlers Mohammad Siraj and Harshal Patel were impressive and picked up 3 wickets. Then the RCB captain Virat Kohli and talented batsmen Devdutt Padikkal played a different class of cricket to chase down the score under 17 overs without losing a wicket. In this due course, Devdutt Padikkal scored a century, while Kohli remained unbeaten on 72 off 47 balls. His celebration after scoring a fifty is going viral where he made a kind gesture for daughter Vamika.
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Virat Kohli IPL Stats
The RCB captain Virat Kohli became the first player in IPL history to score more than 6000 runs. Here are some fantastic stats of the legendary batsmen in the IPL since his debut in 2008. His highest score of 113 came in IPL 2016 against Punjab Kings.
196 matches – fifth in all-time list
6021 runs – first in all-time list
Five centuries – second in all-time list
518 fours – third in all-time list
40 fifties – third in all-time list
204 sixes – fifth in all-time list
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