Virat Kohli’s records – becomes the first batsman to total 4000 runs in IPL and scores 2000 runs at Chinnaswamy Stadium to earn the record for most runs on a single ground in T20 games

Virat Kohli’s records – becomes the first batsman to total 4000 runs in IPL and scores 2000 runs at Chinnaswamy Stadium to earn the record for most runs on a single ground in T20 games

V Kohli became the first batsman in the history of Twenty20 games to score 2000 runs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore to own the record of scoring 2000 plus runs on the single ground in the history of Twenty20 games. He reached the milestone when he was on 71 during his knock of 113 in this game and his aggregate read 2042

His 113 in the game against Kings XI Punjab at Bangalore today was his fourth century in the ongoing edition of IPL which also represent his ninth fifty in this edition. He became the first batsman – both in IPL and in T20 games –  to score nine fifties in a T20 series.

His 113 in this game represents his highest IPL score and also T20 score. His previous best was 109 against Gujarat at Bangalore on 14.05.16

His 113 represents his fourth century in IPL and he became the second batsman to score four or more centuries in IPL.  CH Gayle is the other batsman to score four or more centuries in IPL – to be exact five centuries. What is striking is V Kohli has scored his four centuries in a single edition – the ongoing edition of 2016 !!!!

V Kohli became the first batsman in the history of IPL to amass 4000 runs in IPL. He reached the milestone when he was on 111 during his knock of 113 in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate read 4002. He went past SK Raina who had a total of 3985 runs on his way to occupy the first place.

V Kohli’s aggregate at the end of this game stands at 865.  He became the first batsman to score 800 plus runs in IPL edition and also his total represent the most runs scored by a batsman in an IPL edition. This total also is a T20 record in a series for a batsman and also the captain.

He shares the record for most fifties in a T20 series in the history of T20 games with JJ Roy of Surrey. V Kohli scored nine fifties {04 C + 05 HC} in the ongoing edition of 2016, while JJ Roy had scored nine fifties {00 C + 09 HC} in Natwest t20 Blast 2014

With nine fifties to his credit – V Kohli now owns the record for most fifties in a single edition of IPL. He went past CH Gayle who had scored eight fifties in IPL 2012

With 865 runs to his credit – V Kohli earned the distinction of becoming the first captain ever to total 800 plus runs in a T20 series in the history of T20 games. He now owns the record for most runs scored by a captain in a T20 series.

CH Gayle {73} and V Kohli {113] scored a fifty and a century in this game to provide the second occasion of one of the openers scoring a fifty and another a century in the history of IPL. The first such occasion was witnessed in the game between Kings Eleven Punjab and Rajasthan Royals at Mohali on 28.05.08. SE Marsh had scored 115 and JR Hopes had made 51

AB de Villers rewrote the record for most catches in a single edition of IPL. He took three catches in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 17 catches in the ongoing edition of IPL. The previous record of most catches was 14 – jointly shared by DA Miller of Punjab in 2014 and DJ Bravo of Chennai in 2013

With four centuries in the ongoing series to his credit, V Kohli  owns the record for most centuries by a captain in any T20 series in the history of T20 games. He went past M Klinger who had scored three centuries for Gloucestershire in Natwest t20 Blast 2015.

With three centuries to his credit at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, V Kohli now shares the record for most centuries on a single ground in the history of T20 games with CH Gayle, who also has scored three centuries at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.

V Kohli scored 12 boundary fours in this game which fetched him 185 boundary fours at M Chinnaswamy Stadium V Kohli now has the record for most boundary fours on a single ground in the history of T20 games. He went past P Mustard of Durham who had scored 179 boundary fours at Chester-le-Street and held the record previously in this category of statistics

CH Gayle and V Kohli added 147 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 150th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL. It also provides the 50th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in IPL. It also provides the 24th occasion of Bangalore batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL and also provides the 25th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Punjab in IPL.

 

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