PHOTOS: Virat Kohli and Heinrich Klaasen’s century created history, for the first time in IPL such a double blast
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SRH vs RCB, IPL 2023: The 65th match of IPL 2023 was played on Thursday (May 18) between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad. In this match, RCB registered a big win over Hyderabad by 8 wickets and took another step towards the playoffs.
At the same time, something happened in this match which was never seen in IPL history. Not one but two players scored centuries in this match. Sunrisers Hyderabad Heinrich Klaasen RCB’s run machine after scoring a century Virat Kohli Also hit a century. With this, Klaasen and Kohli made a special record of scoring a century in the same match.
This is the first time in IPL history that players from both the teams have scored a century each in a single match. With this, it was seen for the third time in IPL when two players have scored a century in a match. Earlier this feat was done by Virat Kohli-AB de Villiers, David Warner-Johnny Bairstow.
Let us tell you that Hyderabad’s explosive batsman Heinrich Klaasen played a blistering century of 104 not out off 51 balls. He also hit 8 fours and 6 sky-high sixes in his innings. At the same time, Virat Kohli completed the sixth century of his IPL career in 62 balls. Kohli hit 12 fours and 4 sixes in this fiery innings.
Kohli scored his sixth IPL century while batting fast against Hyderabad and equaled the highest century of West Indies great batsman Chris Gayle. Kohli’s bat scored a century in the IPL after four years. Earlier in the year 2019 season, he scored his last IPL century. King Kohli has scored 538 runs in 13 innings this season at an average of 44.83. Kohli has now reached the fourth position in the list of players who have scored the most runs this season.
On the other hand, talking about this match, after losing the toss and electing to bat first, Sunrisers Hyderabad had scored 186 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs on the basis of Klaasen’s century. At the same time, chasing the target, King Kohli and Faf Du Plessis gave RCB a tremendous start. Together, both made a blistering partnership of 172 runs for the first wicket.
Thanks to the aggressive batting of Faf and Kohli, RCB won the match by 8 wickets in 19.2 overs. With this victory, RCB has kept its playoff hopes alive. The Bangalore team has now reached number four in the points table.
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