V Kohli rewrote the record for most fifties by a batsman in a calendar year in the history of Twenty20 games when he scored 54 not out in the IPL game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils at Raipur on 22.05.16. It was his 17^th fifty in the calendar year 2016. He went past CH Gayle who had scored 16 fifties in the calendar year 2012. V Kohli’s 17 fifties in 2016 are listed below. V Kohli’s 17 fifties  comprises of four centuries and 13 half centuries while CH Gayle’s 16 fifties comprises of three centuries and 13 half centuries.

No	Score	Match	Ground	Date
1	90*	India v Australia	Adelaide	26.01.16
2	59*	India v Australia	Melbourne	29.01.16
3	50	India v Australia	Sydney	31.01.16
4	56*	India v Sri Lanka	Mirpur	01.03.16
5	55*	India v Pakistan	Kolkata	19.03.16
6	82*	India v Australia	Mohali	27.03.16
7	89*	India v West Indies	Mumbai	31.03.16
8	75	Bangalore v Sunrisers	Bangalore	12.04.16
9	79	Bangalore v Delhi	Bangalore	17.04.16
10	80	Bangalore v Ris Pune	Pune-SRS	22.04.16
11	100*	Bangalore v Gujarat	Rajkot	24.04.16
12	52	Bangalore v Kolkata	Bangalore	02.05.16
13	108*	Bangalore v Ris Pune	Bangalore	07.05.16
14	109	Bangalore v Gujarat	Bangalore	14.05.16
15	75*	Bangalore v Kolkata	Kolkata	16.05.16
16	113	Bangalore v Punjab	Bangalore	18.05.16
17	54*	Bangalore v Delhi	Raipur	22.05.16

V Kohli completed 1500 runs in the calendar year in the history of Twenty20 games when he was on 10 during his knock of 54 not out. His run aggregate at the end of the game read 1544.  He became the second batsman to accomplish such a feat and his feat provides the third occasion of a batsman totaling 1500 runs in a calendar. CH Gayle has scored 1665 in 2015 and 1532 in 2012. V Kohli occupies the second place in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs in a calendar year in T20 games. CH Gayle with 1665 runs in 2015 occupies the first place

Player	Year	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
CH Gayle	2015	36	36	8	1665	151*	59.46	3	10	0	123	135
V Kohli	2016	27	26	11	1544	113	102.93	4	13	0	145	045
CH Gayle	2012	40	38	6	1532	128*	47.87	3	13	2	100	121

V Kohli’s 54 not out in the game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils at Raipur on 22.05.16 represents his 49^th fifty in T20 games. He now occupies the third  place in the list  of batsmen who have  scored most  fifties in Twenty20 games. The first two places are occupied by  CH Gayle {73 fifties} and DA Warner {57 fifties}

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+	0	4s	6s
1	CH Gayle	252	247	34	8981	175*	42.16	17	56	73	13	695	650
2	DA Warner	217	216	21	6678	135*	34.24	5	52	57	15	662	282
3	V Kohli	202	190	38	6391	113	42.04	4	45	49	5	597	198