5 records of Virat Kohli, under which MS Dhoni’s CSK got buried, out of playoffs for the third time in 5 years

New Delhi. Hardly anyone would have thought that MS Dhoni’s team would be out of IPL 2024 in such a disrespectful manner. When Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won the toss against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), it felt like half its work was done. After all, there were chances of rain in the match. It also rained. The game even stopped midway. But Chennai Super Kings could not take advantage of these moments. RCB, against whom CSK had an excellent record, was not visible at all in this match. Forget winning, Chennai Super Kings could not even score the required 201 runs for the playoffs and were out of the tournament. This is the third time in 5 years that Chennai Super Kings could not make it to the playoffs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore’s match against Chennai Super Kings will not be remembered only for the playoff decider. This match will also be remembered for the dominance of Virat Kohli, who made at least 5 records in this match. It was a miracle of Virat’s record-breaking game that RCB defeated CSK and made it to the playoffs.

Scored 47 runs on 29 balls in the do or die match against Virat Kohli’s Chennai Super Kings. Kohli hit 3 fours and 4 sixes in this innings. His strike rate was 162.06. Although captain Faf du Plessis scored the most runs for RCB, but it was Kohli who pushed the opposition bowlers on the backfoot from the beginning.

most runs
Virat Kohli has become the first batsman to score more than 700 runs in IPL. He has scored 708 runs in 14 matches. Ruturaj Gaikwad is second in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs. He has scored 583 runs in 14 matches.

most sixes
It will be called a joke of IPL 2024 that Kohli has made the same record for which some people were criticizing Virat. Starting from Sunil Gavaskar, many former cricketers had raised questions on Virat’s strike rate. There were questions on his hard hitting. Virat has answered all his critics by hitting 37 sixes in the tournament. He is the player who has hit the most sixes in IPL 2024. Niklas Puran (36) is at second place.

highest average
Virat Kohli has scored 708 runs at an average of 64.36. This is the highest average of any batsman in IPL 2024. Niklas Puran is at second place with 62.37. Riyan Parag (59.00) is at third place in terms of highest average.

Highest score of 50+
Virat Kohli missed his half-century by 3 runs against Chennai, but it did not make any difference to his record of 50+ scores. Virat is the player with the highest score of 50+ in IPL 2024. He has done this 6 times, which includes one century and 5 half-centuries. Travis Head, Rajat Patidar, Sanju Samson and Ruturaj Gaikwad are jointly second in terms of most 50+ scores. All of them have done this feat 5-5 times.

First batsman to score 9000 T20 runs in India
Virat Kohli has become the first player to score more than 3000 runs at home in IPL. Kohli made this record as soon as he took the 7th run against Chennai. He now has 3040 runs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Kohli is also the cricketer who has scored 9000 runs on Indian soil. Virat has played 268 T20 matches in India and scored 9014 runs in them. Rohit Sharma is at second place with 8008 runs.

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