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RCB defeated CSK by 2 runs in IPL on Saturday. At the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Virat Kohli scored 62 runs with 5 sixes. He became the first player to hit 300 T20 sixes from a team. Kohli also equaled the record for the most fifty in IPL.
RCB’s Romario Shepherd hit a fifty off 14 balls. He also scored 33 runs in an over of Khalil Ahmed. This was the most expensive over of any CSK bowler. Kohli became the first player to score more than 500 runs in a season for the 8th time in IPL.
RCB vs CSK Match Records …
1. Kohli’s 300 sixes from RCB
Virat Kohli scored 62 runs against Chennai with 5 sixes. He completed 300 sixes for RCB as soon as he put the first six in the innings. He became the first Indian to hit 300 T20 sixes from a franchise. After Kohli, Chris Gayle has hit 263 sixes in 91 matches for RCB.
2. Kohli imposed a fifty equal to Warner
Virat Kohli put a 62nd fifty in the IPL on Saturday. With this, he equaled David Warner in terms of putting the most fifty in tournament history. Warner has also imposed 62 fifty. However, Kohli has also scored 8 centuries, while Warner has 4 centuries.
3. Khalil conceded 33 runs in 1 over
Romario Shepherd scored 33 runs against Khalil Ahmed in the 19th over of the innings. This is a record of the fourth most expensive over in IPL history. Khalil spent 65 runs in his 3 over. Prior to Khalil, in 2014, Punjab’s Parvidar Awana and in 2010 Ravi Bopara of Punjab also conceded 33-33 runs. The record for the most expensive over is named after Prashant Parameswaran and Harshal Patel. Both have spent 37-37 runs. Khalil also became the most expensive over throwing bowler for Chennai.
4. Shepherd imposed the second fastest fifty
RCB’s Romario Shepherd put a fifty off 14 balls. He completed the fifty by hitting 1 four and 2 sixes against Mathish Pathirana on the last 3 balls of the 20th over. He also scored 33 runs against Khalil Ahmed in the 19th over. Shepherd imposed the fastest fifty in the 18th season of IPL. He broke the record of Vaibhav Suryavanshi of Rajasthan, who set a fifty against Gujarat on 17 balls.
Shepherd also equaled the second fastest fifty record in IPL history. Prior to him, KL Rahul and Pat Cummins have also put fifty off 14-14 balls. Fifty’s record on the least balls is named after Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored a half century on 13 balls against Punjab in 2023.
5. RCB scored 54 runs in the last 2 overs
RCB’s Romario Shepherd and Tim David scored 54 runs in the last 2 overs of the innings. This is the record of the highest run in the last 2 overs of the IPL innings. Prior to RCB, in 2024, Delhi scored 53 runs in the last 2 overs against Gujarat.
6. Kohli scored 500+ runs for 8th time
Virat Kohli completed 500 runs in the 18th season of IPL. He became the player to score more than 500 runs in the highest season of IPL. Virat completed 500 plus runs in a season for the 8th time. He broke David Warner’s record, who has scored more than 500 runs in 7 seasons.
7. Most runs against a team
Virat Kohli scored 62 against CSK, with which he was 1140 against Chennai. He became the highest run -scorer against any one team in the IPL. He also broke David Warner’s record here, who has scored 1134 runs against Punjab.
8. Kohli’s 10th fifty against CSK
Virat Kohli put his 10th fifty against Chennai on Saturday. With this, he became the highest score of 50+ score against CSK. He overtook Rohit Sharma, who has scored 50 or more against Chennai 9 times.
