Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star player Virat Kohli made a big record on Tuesday. During the final against Punjab Kings, Kohli became the highest player in IPL history, leaving behind Shikhar Dhawan.
Before the match, both Kohli and Dhawan had 768 fours. In the fourth over, Kohli left Dhawan behind by hitting a four off the ball of Kyle Jaymison, who retired from all the formats of cricket last year. Kohli eventually dismissed 43 runs, in which he hit three fours. In this way, he has become the first player to hit more than 770 fours in the IPL. On the other hand, Dhawan has hit 768 fours in 222 matches.
RCB targets 191 runs to PBKS
In the final match of IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore, batting first, scored a respectable score of 190 runs. In the final over, Arshdeep Singh bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets and stopped RCB from crossing 200 runs. Now Punjab Kings need 191 runs to win the title.
The first blow to RCB was soon as Philip Sult, but Mayank Aggarwal made an aggressive start. However, he was dismissed by Yuzvendra Chahal by scoring 24 runs. After this, Afghanistan fast bowler Ajmatullah Umarzai sent Virat Kohli to the pavilion for 43 runs. Kohli was able to play this innings with the help of three fours in 35 balls and missed the fifty.
Team captain Rajat Patidar started fast, but he too was dismissed for 26 runs off 16 balls. On the other hand, New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jaymison has taken 2 important wickets so far while bowling brilliantly.
Overall, RCB batted well, but due to the wickets of wickets in the last over, he could not cross the 200 mark. From PBKS, Arshdeep Singh and Kyle Jameson took 3-3 wickets.
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