5 records of Virat Kohli, under which MS Dhoni's CSK got buried, out of playoffs for the third time in 5 years

Royal Challengers Bangalore's match against Chennai Super Kings will not be remembered only for the decisive match of the playoffs. This match will also be remembered for the dominance of Virat Kohli, who made at least 5 records in this match. It was a miracle of Virat's record-breaking game that RCB defeated CSK and made it to the playoffs.

Virat Kohli scored 47 runs in 29 balls in a do-or-die match against Chennai Super Kings. In this innings, Kohli hit 3 fours and 4 sixes. His strike rate was 162.06. Although captain Faf du Plessis scored the most runs for RCB, it was Kohli who pushed the opposition bowlers on the backfoot from the very beginning.

most runs
Virat Kohli has become the first batsman to score more than 700 runs in IPL. He has scored 708 runs in 14 matches. Ruturaj Gaikwad is at second place in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs. He has scored 583 runs in 14 matches.

most sixes
It will be called a joke of IPL 2024 that Kohli has made the same record for which some people were criticizing Virat. Starting from Sunil Gavaskar, many former cricketers had raised questions on Virat's strike rate. Questions were raised on his hard hitting. Virat has answered all his critics by hitting 37 sixes in the tournament. He is the player who has hit the most sixes in IPL 2024. Niklas Puran (36) is in second place.

highest average
Virat Kohli has scored 708 runs at an average of 64.36. This is the highest average of any batsman in IPL 2024. Niklas Pooran is in second place with 62.37. Riyan Parag (59.00) is at third place in terms of highest average.

highest score of 50+
Virat Kohli missed his half-century by 3 runs against Chennai, but it made no difference to his record of 50+ scores. Virat is the player with the highest score of 50+ in IPL 2024. He has done this 6 times, which includes one century and 5 half-centuries. Travis Head, Rajat Patidar, Sanju Samson and Ruturaj Gaikwad are jointly second in terms of highest 50+ scores. All of them have done this feat 5 times.

First batsman to score 9000 T20 runs in India
Virat Kohli has become the first player to score more than 3000 runs on home ground in IPL. Kohli made this record in his name as soon as he took the 7th run against Chennai. He now has 3040 runs to his name at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Kohli is also the cricketer to score 9000 runs on Indian soil. Virat has played 268 T20 matches in India and scored 9014 runs in them. Rohit Sharma is at second place with 8008 runs.

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