First Time In T20 Cricket History! Virat Kohli Re-writes History Books With Huge Record

Virat Kohli scored his fifth half-century of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season however his knock went in useless as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have been crushed comprehensively by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Thursday. With RCB chasing 201 in opposition to KKR, Kohli hit 54 off 37 deliveries however did not have assist from some other batter, barring Mahipal Lomror, who produced a nice cameo 34 in 18 balls. However, throughout his knock in Bengaluru, the 34-year-old achieved one more milestone.

Kohli is now the primary batter to attain 3,000 or extra runs at a single venue in T20s. So far, he has scored 3,015 runs in 92 innings on the Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Following him on the listing are former Bangladesh captains Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah. While Rahim has scored 2,989 runs in 121 innings on the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur, Mahmudullah has amassed 2,813 runs on the identical venue in 130 innings.

England’s Alex Hales is fourth within the listing, having scored 2,749 runs in 90 T20 innings on the Trent Bridge in Nottingham.

Tamim Iqbal, one other former Bangladesh captain, completes the highest 5, having scored 2,706 runs in Mirpur.

Following RCB’s defeat to KKR, Kohli was vital of his aspect’s efficiency, saying that they “deserve to lose”.

“To be honest we handed them the game. We did deserve to lose.We were certainly not up to standard. If you look at the game, we didn’t capitalise (on) our chances. We dropped a few chances which cost us 25-30 runs,” he stated.

Kohli, who led Bangalore for a 3rd straight recreation with common captain Faf du Plessis enjoying as an influence sub as a consequence of a rib damage, had tried to get the chase entering into his 37-ball knock.

Bangalore’s batting faltered after the in-form Du Plessis fell for 17 following two sixes and Australian big-hitter Glenn Maxwell went for 5.

In the top, RCB have been restricted to 179/8 in 20 overs.

(With AFP Inputs)