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Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli's embarrassing record in IPL! | leader









Leader Online Desk : Virat Kohli : The 19th match of IPL was played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Saturday. After winning the toss, Rajasthan opted to bowl first and invited Bangalore to bat. On the strength of Virat Kohli's brilliant century, the Bangalore team scored 183 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. Kohli remained unbeaten after scoring 113 runs in this match. However, Kohli's century did not help his team win. Chasing 184 runs, Rajasthan won the match with 6 wickets and 5 balls to spare.

He became the player who took the most catches

Be it batting or fielding, Virat Kohli is known for breaking new records. In the Rajasthan-Bangalore match, he fielded brilliantly and set another record to his name. In this regard, he surpassed former CSK legend Suresh Raina. Kohli took a fine catch off Rian Parag off Yash Dayal. With this catch, Kohli became the player with the most catches (110) as a fielder in IPL history. There are only three players in the list of more than 100 catches in IPL. In which Kohli is at number one, Raina (109) at number two and Kieron Pollard at number three.

Players who scored most centuries

Kohli scored the eighth century of his IPL career while playing against Rajasthan. He tops the list followed by Chris Gayle with 6 centuries and Jos Buttler with 5 centuries. He scored 100 runs in 61 balls against Gujarat Titans in the 16th season of IPL i.e. 2023.

In the name of Nakosa Vikram

Kohli also made an unloved record by playing an unbeaten 113 off 72 balls against Rajasthan. Kohli's century came in 67 balls, which is the slowest century in IPL history. Earlier this record was held by Manish Pandey. In 2009, he scored a 67-ball century against Deccan Chargers. The list includes many big names like Sachin and Warner.

List of slowest centuries in IPL..

Manish Pandey : RCB vs Deccan Chargers : 67 balls (2009)
Virat Kohli : RCB vs Rajasthan Royals : 67 balls (2024)
Sachin Tendulkar : Mumbai Indians v Kochi Tuskers : 66 balls (2011)
David Warner : Delhi Capitals vs KKR : 66 balls (2010)
Jos Buttler : Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians : 66 balls (2022)









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