Delhi: The IPL 2025 played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) was quite exciting. In this match, Virat Kohli took a special record. He made a record of scoring the most runs against CSK in IPL history, in this case he left Shikhar Dhawan behind.
However, this match was not individually memorable for Kohli. From the beginning, Kohli did not appear in the rhythm and struggled to score runs. During the powerplay, he scored just 11 runs off 15 balls.
IPL 2025’s slowest innings
Even after the powerplay, the pace of scoring Kohli’s run was slow. By the end of 10 overs, he scored just 16 runs off 22 balls. Meanwhile, in the 11th over, a bouncer from Mathisha Pathirana went on her helmet. After this, Kohli tried to show speed by hitting six consecutive balls by hitting a six and four consecutive balls, but could not retain the rhythm.
Virat played slog sweep shot on Noor Ahmed’s ball on the very first ball of the 13th over, but the ball went straight into the hands of Rachin Ravindra. He was dismissed by 31 runs off 30 balls, which was the slowest innings of IPL 2025 so far.
The fastest innings of IPL 2025 (batsmen playing at least 25 balls)
- Virat Kohli – 31 runs (30 balls) – Strike Rate: 103.33 (RCB vs CSK)
- Suryakumar Yadav – 29 runs (26 balls) – Strike Rate: 111.54 (Mi vs CSK)
- Nitish Reddy – 32 runs (28 balls) – Strike Rate: 114.29 (SRH Vs LSG)
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