Delhi: In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 opening match, Virat Kohli made a brilliant performance and set a world record. In this match, defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders faced Royal Challengers Bangalore. The special thing was that this was also the 400th T20 match of Kohli’s career. Kohli made this memorable opportunity even more special with his brilliant batting. He scored an unbeaten 59 in 36 balls and won the team by 7 wickets.
Match condition
Kolkata, batting first, had set a target of 175 runs, which RCB achieved at the loss of three wickets with 22 balls remaining. Kohli played an important role in this victory.
The best start of Kohli and Phil Soult brought the team to a strong position. Both shared a 95 -run opening partnership in 51 balls. During this time, RCB scored 80 runs without losing any wicket in Powerplay, which is the second largest powerplay score of RCB in IPL history. Phil Soult played a fiery innings of 56 runs in 31 balls, including 9 fours and 2 sixes. At the same time, the team’s new captain Rajat Patidar played a fast innings of 34 runs in 16 balls, whose strike rate was 212.50.
Virat Kohli’s new world record
Virat Kohli showed the feat to complete 1000 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL history.
Virat Kohli’s protest against KKR
| Match | Run | average | strike rate | century | Half -century |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 1021 | 40.84 | 133.63 | 1 | 7 |
Kolkata Knight Riders are the fourth team in the 18 -year -old IPL career against which Kohli has completed 1000 runs. Earlier, he has also achieved this feat against Chennai Super Kings, Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals.
Players who have scored 1000 runs against 2 or more teams
| Player | Teams |
| Virat Kohli | CSK, PBKS, DC, KKR |
| David Warner | Pbks, kkr |
| Rohit Sharma | KKR, DC |
| Shikhar Dhawan | CSK |
Former RCB captain has become the first batsman to score 1000 runs against the most teams in IPL. Apart from him, no other batsman has been able to cross the 1000 run figure against more than two teams.
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