Virat Kohli's bat spoke fiercely against Kolkata Knight Riders at Chinnaswamy ground. Kohli completed his fifth half-century in IPL 2023, smashing the KKR bowlers. Virat completed his fifty in 33 balls and took a lot of news from KKR bowlers.
Kohli hit a stormy half-century
In response to the mammoth target of 201 runs from Kolkata, Virat Kohli, who started the innings, hit a four off the very first ball. The fall of wickets of Faf Duplesey and Shahbaz Ahmed from one end did not affect Kohli's innings at all. Playing in a stormy style, Virat completed his half-century in 33 balls. Virat scored 54 runs in 37 balls playing at a strike rate of 145. Kohli scored six fours during his innings.
Virat overtakes Dhawan
Virat Kohli has now gone ahead of Shikhar Dhawan in scoring the most runs in IPL against Kolkata Knight Riders. Dhawan has scored 850 runs in IPL while playing against KKR. Virat has now crossed the mark of 850 runs. The record of scoring the most runs against KKR is in the name of David Warner. Warner has scored 1075 runs against Kolkata.
KKR made a big score
Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 200 runs losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. Jason Roy scored the highest 56 runs for the team, while captain Nitish Rana contributed 48 runs. At the same time, Venkatesh Iyer scored 31 and N Jagadishan scored 27 runs.
