The 35-year-old Kohli amassed 639 runs in 14 games last season, including two hundreds. In addition, it was his greatest IPL score against RR with that knock.
Digital Desk: Virat Kohli smashed Royal Challengers Bengaluru's first century of the ongoing IPL 2024 season against Rajasthan Royals at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday.
After RCB got to bat, Kohli reached his century off 67 deliveries. As a result, Kohli increased his career total of T20 hundreds to nine and his record total of IPL hundreds to eight.
As the hitter with the most hundreds in IPL history, Kohli stands at the top with seven centuries during his career.
The 35-year-old Kohli amassed 639 runs in 14 games last season, including two hundreds. In addition, it was his greatest IPL score against RR with that knock.
With a record four hundreds in the 2016 IPL season, which he guided to the finals, Kohli ended an eight-season streak without scoring a century. That season, Kohli scored 973 runs in all, setting a record that is still a benchmark in the competition.
The 35-year-old Kohli amassed 639 runs in 14 games last season, including two hundreds. In addition, it was his greatest IPL score against RR with that knock.
With a record four hundreds in the 2016 IPL season, which he guided to the finals, Kohli ended an eight-season streak without scoring a century. That season, Kohli scored 973 runs in all, setting a record that is still the standard in the competition.
Who in IPL history has scored the most hundreds?
A total of 87 century have been made in the Indian Premier League, dating back to the league's inaugural match in 2008, when Brendon McCullum of the Kolkata Knight Riders thrashed the Royal Challengers Bangalore by 158 runs to 73 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
With eight hundreds, Kohli owns the overall record. His former RCB teammate Chris Gayle is in second place with six triple-figure scores, including his 175 against Pune Warriors India, which is also the greatest score by a hitter in an IPL innings. At thirty balls, it was also the fastest IPL century. David Warner, Shane Watson and KL Rahul have four hundreds each to their name while AB de Villiers, Sanju Samson and Shubman Gill had three.
With 12 hundreds from nine players in 2023—Gill with three and Kohli with two—that season set a record for the most hundreds in an IPL season. The lowest number of hundreds in a single season, however, came in 2009 with two. In the 2009 season, Manish Pandey became the first Indian batsman to hit an IPL century, accomplishing it for RCB.
Twelve batters from Punjab Kings, the previous Kings XI Punjab, have scored fourteen hundreds for the 2014 finalists, making them the side with the most centuries overall. Though they are split among seven hitters, the Rajasthan Royals' roster contains 14 hundreds as well.
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