Records created and shattered by Kohli in IPL 2016
Virat Kohli has been a revelation in this edition of the Indian Premier League scoring a truckload of runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore. The 27-year-old has broken records for fun in the past four months and is now bidding to win Royal Challengers their first IPL title.
Here’s a throwback to the numbers and the statistics, and the milestones Virat Kohli has achieved in this one season of the IPL.
1- Player with most number of runs (973) in a single IPL edition.
1- First instance when 2 batsmen slammed hundreds in the same T20 innings [Kohli-109, ABD- 129*].
1- First player to surpass 4000 runs in IPL.
1- Player to score highest number of sixes in this IPL.
1- Player with the highest average (81.08) in IPL 2016.
1- Only player to score 30 runs in a single over this IPL.
1- Highest ever partnership in the IPL history [Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers-229].
1- Player to possess the highest average [237.00] during successful chases in IPL 2016, as he wasn’t dismissed on 3 out of 4 occasions.
1- The batsman to be involved in highest opening stand in IPL 9 (along with Gayle).
1- First captain in IPL to go past 500+ runs in three different IPL editions.
1- Fastest century by a captain [47 balls] in IPL 2016.
2- Second fastest ton by a player [47 balls] after ABD [43 balls] in IPL 9.
2- Player to hit 2nd highest number of fours after de Villiers in this IPL.
2- Player to score 2nd highest number of fifties after Warner in the Tournament.
4- Most centuries by any player in a single IPL season.
5- Most number of Man of the Match Awards in IPL 2016.
8- Captain to score most sixes in an Innings in IPL 9.
11- First batsman to post 11 Fifty plus scores in a T20 Tournament.
51- Innings played by Virat Kohli between his last T20 duck, and the Qualifier 1 Match in IPL 2016.Highest scores by Kohli in IPL-113,109,108*,100*.
Runs scored by Kohli in IPL 2016-75,79,33,80,100*,14,52,108*,20,7,109,75*,113,54*,0,54.
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