SRH vs RCB Stats Review: Virat Kohli’s 6th IPL century and More

Virat Kohli now has the most number of centuries scored by an Indian batsman in T20 cricket.


SRH vs RCB Stats Review: Virat Kohli’s 6th IPL century and More

Faf du Plessis-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by eight wickets on Thursday. With a Playoff berth on the line, Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis rose to the challenge and chased down 186 with eight wickets left. While captain du Plessis scored a half-century (71 off 47), Kohli led the charge in the chase scoring his sixth IPL century.

Not only this but Kohli and du Plessis also formed a 172-run opening partnership. Earlier, Heinrich Klaasen scored a century (104 off 51) and propelled his team to a good total (186/5). But Klaasen lacked support from the other end as well as the bowlers as SRH lost the game. 

Nevertheless, it was a day of records as multiple records were created and broken. While Virat Kohli became the player with the join-most number of centuries (6) in IPL history, Klaasen became the fourth batter to score a hundred for SRH. 

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Let’s have a look at four records that were created/broken in SRH vs RCB game. 

1. Two batters from different teams score centuries for first time in IPL

kohli klaasen

For the first time in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL), two batsmen scored centuries in the same game. Heinrich Klaasen (104) and Virat Kohli (100) scored centuries for their respective teams and got their names listed in history books. 

2. Virat Kohli becomes Indian with most T20 centuries

virat kohli most centuries

Virat Kohli now has the most number of centuries scored by an Indian batsman in T20 cricket. Kohli with his 7 centuries (6 IPL, 1 T20I) pipped KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma who have six centuries each in T20 cricket. 

3. Most number of centuries scored in single IPL season

ipl 2023 100s

The sixteenth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has witnessed so many high-scoring games and the reason has been batters scoring centuries. IPL 2023 has seen eight different batters scoring centuries, the most in any IPL season so far. 

4. Most runs by an opening pair in IPL

kohli du plessis

Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis have formed a formidable opening pair for RCB in IPL 2023. The pair have put together a lot of runs in this edition of the tournament and resultantly they are now the most successful opening pair in the history of IPL. Kohli and Faf have now scored 872 runs together with the help of three century partnerships and four half-century stands. This is the most number of runs two openers have put together in IPL history.

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