IPL 2018: Five IPL Records That Virat Kohli is Unlikely to Break

Nov 26, 2018 at 12:10 PM

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IPL 2018: Five IPL Records That Virat Kohli is Unlikely to Break

ViratKohli is arguably the best batsmanin the world right now. His unprecedented record-breaking spree has put him well ahead of his contemporaries. Ever since Kohli has started his unprecedented century-making spree, the cricketing fraternity has been busy speculating whether he could go all the way and score 100 international centuries.

At just 29, the India skipper has scored a staggering 56 centuries in addition to smashing 62 fifties.

The batting star is already the second-highest centurion in One-day Internationals. In just 208 games, he has amassed 35 ODI centuries, going past the likes of Ricky Ponting, Sanath Jayasuriya, and Sourav Ganguly.

With age on his side, many feel that Kohli can go all the way and score 100 international tons.

Kohli has already scored 66 international tons (Credits: BCCI)

Kohli has also scored a record six Test double centuries since becoming the captain.

On the similar lines, his performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL)is equally impressive.

In 2016, he had scored a staggering 973 runs with the help of scarcely-believable four centuries. Every now and then, Kohli proves his mettle in the IPL too.

However, there are a few records that the Royal Challengers leader may never break.

Here is a look at those five records:

5. Fastest fifty:

KL Rahul (Credits: Deepak Malik/IPL/Sportzpics)

The record of fastest fifty belongs to Kohli’s ex-Royal Challengers’ teammate KL Rahul.

Currently playing for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), Rahul had smashed a 14-ball fifty against Delhi Daredevils (DD) to kickstart the eleventh season of the IPL.

On the other hand, Kohli, who is not the hardest hitter of a cricket ball, scored his fastest-ever fifty in 26 balls.

The right-handed batsman rarely goes for the big shots early on and loves to build his innings before going for the kill.

So, it is quite unlikely that he would score a fifty in such a quick time.

4. Fastest century:

Chris Gayle
Image Courtesy: Twitter

This record also belongs to Kohli’s ex-Royal Challengers’ teammate Chris Gayle. The most decorated batsman in the history of Twenty20s, Gayle smashed a 30-ball ton against now-defunct Pune Warriors India (PWI) in 2013.

Yusuf Pathan holds the record for the second fastest ton when he hit a 37-ball ton against Mumbai Indians (MI) in 2010.

Kohli, on the other hand, scored his fastest ton off 47 balls which is well behind in the list of fastest IPL tons which is at 13th position in the list of fastest IPL tons.

3. Highest individual score:

Credits: BCCI

Chris Gayle holds this record too for his monumental 175-run knock against Pune Warriors India (PWI) in 2013.

Considering that Kohli comes out to bat at number three and sometimes even number four, it is highly unlikely that he would be able to surpass this record which looks set to stand for a long long time.

Of late, Kohli has also opened an innings for the Bengaluru-based franchise.

2. Highest strike rate in an innings:

Credits: BCCI

Kohli’s penchant of taking his time early on will once again stop him from breaking the record of highest strike rate in an innings where the batsman has scored at least 25 runs.

The record is currently held by Chris Morris who had blasted 38 runs off just nine balls, equating to a strike rate of 422.22. Morris blasted four fours and three sixes in his sensational knock.

1. Most sixes in an innings:

Virat Kohli
Credits: BCCI

Chris Gayle holds this record too. The giant Jamaican had hit a staggering 17 sixes during his 175-run knock.

Virat Kohli, who is not very famous for his six-hitting exploits, will find it tough to break this record too.

Till now, the most number of sixes Kohli has struck in an innings is just 8 which pretty much makes it clear that he is unlikely to surpass this record.

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