IPL 2023: Virat Kohli score today in RCB vs RR

Soham Mukherjee

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Virat Kohli was in action in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on Sunday as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) took on Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. 

He has been in terrific form in this IPL and had already scored four fifties in five innings. In the last match, Kohli got a quickfire 59 off 47 balls against Punjab Kings (PBKS)before being dismissed by Harpreet Brar.

Together with Faf du Plessis, Kohli put up an opening partnership of 137 runs in 16.1 overs. The opening partnership helped RCB post 174 on the board in their 20 overs. 

How much did Virat Kohli score against RR?

However, the India international was out for a duck on the first ball to Trent Boult against Rajasthan. It was an inswinger that broke through Kohli's defence and hit him in the pads. There was no discussion with Du Plessis for a review and walked off with a shake of his head. 

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How many runs did Virat Kohli score in IPL 2022?

The star batsman went through a rough patch last season as he managed to score just 341 runs in 16 matches even though his team reached the playoffs.

Kohli hit just two half-centuries in the entire season and recorded an average of 22.73.

Matches Runs Avg. H.S 100s 50s
16 341 22.73 73 0 2

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How many runs has Virat Kohli scored in IPL history?

Kohli is the only player in the history of IPL to play for just one team since the tournament's inception. In 16 seasons for RCB, he has scored 6838 runs in 226 IPL matches.

The most successful season of Kohli's IPL career was in 2016 when he scored a massive 973 runs which included four centuries. That is the most runs any player had ever scored in a single edition of the competition. 

Year Team Matches Runs 100 50
2008 RCB 13 165 0 0
2009 RCB 16 246 0 1
2010 RCB 16 307 0 1
2011 RCB 16 557 0 4
2012 RCB 16 364 0 2
2013 RCB 16 634 0 6
2014 RCB 14 359 0 2
2015 RCB 16 505 0 3
2016 RCB 16 973 4 7
2017 RCB 10 308 0 4
2018 RCB 14 530 0 4
2019 RCB 14 464 1 2
2020 RCB 15 466 0 3
2021 RCB 15 405 0 3
2022 RCB 16 341 0 2
2023 RCB 7 279 0 4
Total   230 6903 5 48

 

Soham Mukherjee

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Soham Mukherjee is a content producer for The Sporting News' India edition.