Virat Kohli made this big record with playing a great game against Mumbai Indians

The fifth match of Indian Premier League 2023 was played on 2 April between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians. Former RCB captain Virat Kohli played a brilliant game in this match. Virat Kohli played a brilliant innings of 82 runs in 49 balls. He hit 6 fours and 5 sixes during his innings. In this match, Virat Kohli managed to create a record in his name. He is the first Indian batsman to score more than 50 times in the history of Indian Premier League.

Virat Kohli Record

Virat Kohli has become the player to score more than 50 for India in the history of IPL. Virat Jigku has so far scored 6706 runs in 216 innings of 224 matches in IPL, while he has remained not out 33 times. He has 5 centuries and 45 half-centuries to his name in IPL. His highest score in Indian Premier League is 113 runs. He has been part of the RCB team continuously since the year 2008.

As far as scoring more than 50 runs in IPL is concerned, this record is held by David Warner. David Warner has scored 50 or more runs 60 times in IPL. He has scored 4 centuries and 56 fifties in IPL. Currently Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan is at number three in this list. Dhawan has scored 50 or more 49 times in the Indian Premier League. He has scored 2 centuries and 47 fifties in IPL.

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Mumbai by 8 wickets

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Mumbai Indians by 8 wickets in their opening match of IPL 2023. Rohit’s team scored 171 runs for 7 wickets playing first. While RCB chased down the target of 172 runs for the win in 16.2 overs with the loss of 2 wickets. Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis, who came to open the innings, added 148 runs for the first wicket. Faf du Plessis was dismissed after scoring 73 runs in 43 balls. While Virat Kohli remained unbeaten scoring 82 runs.