Virat Kohli registers his 53rd IPL half-century: Decoding the stats
Royal Challengers Bengaluru ace Virat Kohli hit a 43-ball 51 versus Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 41 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season on Thursday. Kohli started well and scored 32 from 18 balls during the powerplay overs. He slowed down after that, bringing up his half-century from 37 balls. Jaydev Unadkat dismissed Kohli in the 15th over. RCB finished with 206/7 thereafter.
Kohli batted well in the PP overs
Kohli opened his account with a four off the first ball in RCB's innings. In the 3rd over, he smashed SRH skipper Pat Cummins for two successive fours. Alongside Faf du Plessis, Kohli added 48 runs for the opening wicket. Kohli hit T Natarajan for a six in the sixth over as RCB managed 61/1 in the powerplay.
Kohli slows down before falling to Unadkat
RCB lost Will Jacks in the 7th over (65/2).. Thereafter, Rajat Patidar walked in and hit a whirlwind fifty. Patidar and Kohli added 65 runs. A slower ball from Unadkat outfoxed Kohli, who managed 19 runs off 25 balls (SR: 76.00) in overs 7-15.
Kohli surpasses 400 runs in IPL 2024
Kohli hit four fours and a six in his 51-run knock. He struck at 118.60. In 246 IPL matches, Kohli owns 7,693 runs at 38.08. He registered his 53rd half-century (100s: 8). As per ESPNcricinfo, Kohli raced to 762 runs against SRH from 23 matches at 36.28 (50s: 5, 100s: 1). In IPL 2024, Kohli owns 430 runs at 61.42 (50s: 3, 100s: 1).
4th successive fifty-plus score at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
As per Cricbuzz, Kohli smashed his fourth successive fifty-plus score in T20 cricket at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. His scores read 94*(50) vs WI 2019, 63(48) vs AUS 2022, 100(63) vs SRH 2023 and 51(43)vs SRH 2024.
94th T20 fifty from Kohli's blade
Playing his 385th T20 match (368 innings), Kohli owns 12,424 runs at 41.69. He hammered his 94th fifty (100s: 9). Kohli owns a strike rate of 133.82 in T20s.
