Virat Kohli Achieves Unique Milestone At M. Chinnaswamy Stadium During His 37-ball-54 Against KKR
New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore star Virat Kohli played an incredible innings in Match No. 36 of the IPL 2023, which was played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru against Kolkata Knight Riders. Virat got out on a duck in the last match against Rajasthan Royals, but found his mojo back against KKR by scoring 54 runs from 37 balls. But his superb show with the bat in front of RCB’s home fans was not enough to help his side secure fifth win in eight matches of IPL 2023 and they went down by 21 runs against KKR, which ended their four-match losing streak
During his innings, the 34-year-old Virat made history as he became the first batter to score more than 3000 runs at a single venue in T20s. Virat who is part of RCB since 2003, completed 3000 runs at the iconic stadium in Bengaluru.
In the list of batters with the most T20 runs at a single venue, Bangladeshi skipper Mushfiqur Rahim sits on the second spot as he has scored 2989 runs in Mirpur. Star all-rounder Mahmudullah is at third with 2813 runs to his name in Mirpur. Followed by his Alex Hales comes 4th with 2749 runs to his name at Trent Bridge in Nottingham.
Kolkata beat RCB ‘Again’
Chasing 201, Kohli and Faf du Plessis took a boundary each off Vaibhav Arora in the opening over. Kohli firmly punched Umesh Yadav through cover for four more, followed by du Plessis carting him for back-to-back sixes.
Du Plessis’s stay came to an end in the third over, holing out to long-on off a flighted googly from Suyash Sharma. On the other hand, Kohli pulled off him and Varun Chakaravarthy for boundaries, though Suyash struck by trapping Shahbaz Ahmad lbw. In the last over of power-play, Kolkata struck again when Glenn Maxwell hit a slower delivery from Chakravarthy straight to mid-off.
Despite captain Virat Kohli’s 54 and Mahipal Lomror impressing in an 18-ball 34, Spinners Varun Chakaravarthy, Suyash Sharma’s five wickets collectively and Andre Russell’s two wickets helped KKR end their four-match losing streak in IPL 2023 as they defeated RCB by 21.