Virat Kohli defeats Heinrich Klaasen of SRH to become the greatest run scorer in the IPL 2024 Orange cap.
On March 29, Virat Kohli hit 83 runs against KKR at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, smashing his 52nd half-century in just 36 deliveries.
Virat Kohli of Royal Challengers Bengaluru celebrates reaching his half-century mark on Friday at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru during the Indian Premier League 2024 match against Kolkata Knight Riders. (Image from ANI) (IPL-X)
Virat Kohli of Royal Challengers Bengaluru celebrates reaching his half-century mark on Friday at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru during the Indian Premier League 2024 match against Kolkata Knight Riders. (Image from ANI) (IPL-X)
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Royals Opponents Virat Kohli, the outstanding batsman and former captain of Bangalore, has earned the Orange cap for the current Indian Premier League (IPL) season after going 67 runs without losing against the Kolkata Knight Riders.
with M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, on March 29, Kohli hammered his 52nd half-century in 36 deliveries. Against KKR, he scored an undefeated 83 runs with a strike rate of 140.67. He hit four huge sixes and four boundaries.
One of the other milestones that Kohli achieved tonight was surpassing the illustrious AB de Villiers to become Bengaluru’s all-time leading scorer of sixes (239).
He even became the batter with the most sixes hit in IPL tournament history when he hit his 240th sixe for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL, surpassing Chris Gayle.
With 101 fifty-plus runs in the game’s shortest format, the 35-year-old cricket player is now the first Indian and third batter globally to accomplish this achievement in T20 cricket. David Warner (109), then Chris Gayle (110), are the top two players with 50 or more points.
IPL 2024: KKR vs. RCB:
As for the present game between RCB and KKR at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium, the former has amassed 182/6 runs in 20 overs. In 20 overs, KKR needs to get 183 runs.
