V Kohli scored 101 not out for Bangalore and  Shubman Gill scored 102 not out for Titans in the match between Bangalore and Titans at Bengaluru on 21.05.23 to provide the second occasion of rival batsmen scoring centuries in the same game in the history of Indian Premier League.  It is interesting to note that both these occasions are witnessed in the ongoing edition of the tournament – 2023. It is also interesting that both these occasions involve Bangalore as one of the teams and V Kohli as one of the batsman. Both these occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	BF	4s	6s	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	H Klassen	104	51	08	6	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Hyd-RGS	18.05.23	L
2	V Kohli	100	63	12	4	Bangalore	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	18.05.23	W
1	V Kohli	101*	61	13	1	Bangalore	Titans	Bangalore	21.05.23	L
2	Shubman Gill	104*	52	05	8	Titans	Bangalore	Bangalore	21.05.23	W

V Kohli scored 101 not out for Bangalore and  Shubman Gill scored 102 not out for Titans in the match between Bangalore and Titans at Bengaluru on 21.05.23 to provide the first occasion of rival opening batsmen scoring centuries in the same game in the history of Indian Premier League.

No	Player	Runs	BF	4s	6s	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	V Kohli	101*	61	13	1	Bangalore	Titans	Bangalore	21.05.23	L
2	Shubman Gill	104*	52	05	8	Titans	Bangalore	Bangalore	21.05.23	W

It also provides the first occasion of rival batsmen scoring unbeaten centuries in the same game in the history of Indian Premier League.

No	Player	Runs	BF	4s	6s	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	V Kohli	101*	61	13	1	Bangalore	Titans	Bangalore	21.05.23	L
2	Shubman Gill	104*	52	05	8	Titans	Bangalore	Bangalore	21.05.23	W

It also provides the first occasion of rival opening batsmen scoring unbeaten centuries in the same game in the history of Indian Premier League.

No	Player	Runs	B	4s	6s	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	V Kohli	101*	61	13	1	Bangalore	Titans	Bangalore	21.05.23	L
2	Shubman Gill	104*	52	05	8	Titans	Bangalore	Bangalore	21.05.23	W

Bangalore lost the match and V Kohli’s 101 not out was in a losing cause to provide the 16^th occasion of a batsman’s  century going in vain in the history of Indian Premier  league.  All  such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	A Symonds	117*	Deccan	Rajasthan	Hyd-RGS	24.04.08
2	YK Pathan	100	Rajasthan	Mumbai	Mum-BS	13.03.10
3	SR Tendulkar	100*	Mumbai	Kochi	Mumbai	15.04.11
4	WP Saha	115	Punjab	Kolkata	Bangalore	01.06.14
5	V Kohli	100	Bangalore	Gujarat	Rajkot	24.04.16
6	SPD Smith	101	Ris Pune	Gujarat	Pune-MCA	29.04.16
7	HM Amla	104*	Punjab	Mumbai	Indore	20.04.17
8	RR Pant	128*	Delhi	Sunrisers	Delhi	10.05.18
9	SV Samson	102*	Rajasthan	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	29.03.19
10	KL Rahul	100*	Punjab	Mumbai	Mumbai	10.04.19
11	AM Rahane	105	Rajasthan	Delhi	Jaipur	22.04.19
12	MA Agaarwal	106	Punjab	Rajasthan	Sharjah	27.09.20
13	S Dhawan	106*	Delhi	Punjab	Dub-DSC	20.10.20
14	SV Samson	119	Rajasthan	Punjab	Mumbai	12.04.21
15	H Klassen	104	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Hyd-RGS	18.05.23
16	V Kohali	101*	Bangalore	Titans	Bangalore	21.05.23

V Kohli scored 101 not out for Bangalore and  Shubman Gill scored 102 not out for Titans in the match between Bangalore and Titans at Bengaluru on 21.05.23 to provide their consecutive centuries in the Indian Premier League.

The tournament has four batsmen scoring consecutive centuries which is tabulated below. It is perhaps a rarest of the rare record in T20 games, rival batsmen’s centuries in the same game fetching them their consecutive centuries.

No	Player	Runs	BF	4s	6s	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	S Dhawan	101*	58	14	1	Delhi	Chennai	Sharjah	17.10.20
2	S Dhawan	106*	61	12	3	Delhi	Punjab	Dub-DSC	20.10.20
1	JC Buttler	103	61	9	5	Rajasthan	Kolkata	Mum-BS	18.04.22
2	JC Buttler	116	65	9	9	Rajasthan	Delhi	Mum-WS	22.04.22
1	Shubman Gill	101	58	13	1	Titans	Sunrisers	Ahmedabad	15.05.23
2	Shubman Gill	104*	52	05	8	Titans	Bangalore	Bangalore	21.05.23
1	V Kohli	100	63	12	4	Bangalore	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	18.05.23
2	V Kohli	101*	61	13	1	Bangalore	Titans	Bangalore	21.05.23