Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star batsman Virat Kohli has broken David Warner's record during the match against Punjab Kings. In the 37th match of IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings at their home. Virat Kohli remained unbeaten on 73 runs in this match and scored his 67th 50+ score in the IPL.
Bangalore captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Punjab's team could score 157 runs in 20 overs for the loss of six wickets. In reply, Bangalore achieved the target in 18.5 overs for the loss of three wickets. With this win, Bangalore's team has come to third place in the points table with 10 points. At the same time, Punjab's team has slipped to fourth place.
Kohli became the batsman to score 50+ most times in IPL.
With the help of these brilliant innings, Kohli has become the batsman to score 50+ most times in IPL. Kohli left behind Warner in this matter who had scored 50+ 66 times in IPL. Kohli has 59 half-centuries and eight centuries in IPL. He is the highest run-scorer in IPL history. Kohli has scored 8321 runs in 260 matches. Kohli has been a part of this league since its inception in 2008 and has been playing for RCB for the last 18 seasons.
Most number of 50+ scores in IPL
Player 50+ score
Virat Kohli 67
David Warner 66
Shikhar Dhawan 53
Rohit Sharma 45
KL Rahul 43
AB de Villiers 43
Kohli is in great form this season
Kohli is in great form this season. He has scored 322 runs in eight matches at a strike rate of 140 and an average of 64.40. Kohli has scored half-centuries thrice while chasing targets this season. He scored 59* against Kolkata Knight Riders, 62* against Rajasthan Royals, and 73 not out against Punjab. Talking about Kohli's last five innings against Punjab Kings, he has scored 59, 77, 92, 1, and 73 not out.
In the race for Orange Cap
Kohli is in the race for the Orange Cap this season due to his excellent performance. He is currently third on this list. Ahead of Kohli are Nicholas Pooran (368 runs) of Lucknow Super Giants and Sai Sudarshan (365) of Gujarat Titans. Jos Buttler with 315 runs and Yashasvi Jaiswal with 307 runs are in fourth and fifth positions respectively.
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