In the match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL, Virat Kohli scored a brilliant century. He scored a century in IPL after a long wait of four years. Virat broke many big records with his innings. It was very important for RCB to win this match and Virat played an important role in the team's victory by scoring a century at the right time in a crucial match. Along with Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis also played a good inning in this match. So let's have a look at the pair of these two batsmen and how many records were broken by Virat Kohli during this match.
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Virat left behind many T20 veterans including Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli scored an inning of 100 runs in 63 balls in this match played against Sunrisers Hyderabad. As soon as Virat scored his century, he scored 7 centuries in T20 beating Rohit Sharma, and KL Rahul. Both these Indian batsmen have 6 centuries registered in T20. But now Virat Kohli has gone ahead on this list. He has reached the sixth position. Chris Gayle is in the first place in this list with 22 centuries.
List of players with the most centuries in T20
- Chris Gayle - 22 centuries
- Babar Azam - 9 centuries
- Michael Klinger - 8 centuries
- David Warner - 8 centuries
- Aaron Finch - 8 centuries
- Virat Kohli - 7 centuries
The pair of Virat and Faf did wonders
Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis were chasing the target of 187 runs in this match. During this, there was a partnership of 172 runs for the first wicket between these two openers. The pairing of Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis has been one of the most successful pairings in this year's IPL. This is the reason that both these batsmen have taken a big record in IPL history. There has been a partnership of 854 runs in 13 matches for the first wicket between these two batsmen this season. Which is the highest by any opening pair in IPL history.
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Most run for the first wicket in a season of IPL
- Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli - 854* runs (2013)
- Johnny Bairstow and David Warner - 791 runs (the year 2019)
- Faf du Plessis and Rituraj Gaikwad - 756 runs (year 2021)
- Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw - 744 runs (year 2021)
- Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner - 731 runs (2016)
How was the match
In the match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad, RCB won the toss and decided to bowl. Batting first, the Sunrisers team scored 186 runs losing 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. During this, Heinrich Klaasen played an inning of 104 runs in 51 balls. RCB had a huge target in the second innings of the match. But right from the start, Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis kept hold of the match and RCB scored 187 runs losing 2 wickets in 19.2 overs, and won the match by 8 wickets. During this, Virat Kohli also scored a century. Virat scored 100 runs in 63 balls. He was also adjudged Player of the Match for his innings.
