IPL 2023: Virat Kohli recorded many big records in the match against MI, became the first Indian player to do so
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IPL 2023 Virat Kohli records: Royal Challengers Bangalore veteran batsman Virat Kohli Has started the 16th season of IPL with a bang. In the first match against Mumbai Indians on Sunday, Kohli played a brilliant half-century of 82 runs off 49 balls. This was Kohli’s 45th half-century in IPL and he scored more than 50 for the 50th time. With this, Kohli became the first Indian player to do so. Along with this, Kohli has achieved another big achievement in the match against Mumbai.
Kohli completed 3000 runs as an opener in IPL
In the match against Mumbai Indians, Virat Kohli shared a 148-run partnership for the first wicket with captain Faf Duplesey, which is the biggest partnership for the first wicket of IPL 2023. Batting first, Mumbai Indians scored 171 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match with 22 balls remaining. Captain du Plessis scored 73 runs in 43 balls for RCB. So Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 82 runs in 49 balls with the help of six fours and 5 sixes. With this, Kohli has completed 3000 runs in IPL as an opener. He has more than 6000 IPL runs to his name.
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Kohli second batsman to score 50 plus in IPL
Virat Kohli scored more than 50 in the match against Mumbai. With this, his name has registered 5 centuries and 45 half-centuries in IPL. At the same time, Virat Kohli has reached number two in terms of scoring the highest 50 plus score in IPL. David Warner is at number one in this list. He has made 50 plus score 60 times in IPL. However, Kohli is the first Indian player to do this feat. He is followed by Shikhar Dhawan at number three, who has scored 50 plus 49 times.
Most batsman to score 50 plus in IPL
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David Warner – 60
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Virat Kohli – 50
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Shikhar Dhawan – 49
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AB de Villiers – 43
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Rohit Sharma – 41
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