Published - Apr 28, 2025, 21:27 IST | Updated - Apr 28, 2025, 21:27 IST
Updated - Apr 28, 2025, 21:27 IST
Virat Kohli, at the age of 37, is currently enjoying one of the finest forms in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Since the IPL 2007-08 season, the flamboyant batter has served Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) numerous memorable innings but has yet to claim the trophy. RCB, in his season looking fine enough, ends their years-long drought.
In the last 5 IPL 2025 matches, Virat scored 4 half centuries, including an unbeaten 73-run innings against Punjab Kings. A cricketer well over the age of 35 is considered to be someone who experienced his spring days long ago; for Kohli, the scenario is different. A part of cricket fans are wondering, is the former team India and RCB skipper currently going through his best-ever IPL performance?
The right-handed batter produced his best Indian Premier League stats back in 2016. This was the year when he scored a record 973 runs in 16 matches, with an 81.08 batting average, 4 tons, and seven 50s. Kohli, then the captain of RCB, with that enormous execution, carried his team to the final round but unfortunately didn't win the silverware.
Matches | Runs | Avarage | 100s | 50s |
16 | 973 | 81.08 | 4 | 7 |
After ten matches in the ongoing IPL 2025, Virat is very close to touching his IPL 2016 record in terms of scoring half-centuries. One of the brightest stars of modern-era cricket has already bagged 6 half-centuries, only a step away from scoring the 7th, which he did in 2016. Overall, the Indian batter in 10 IPL 2025 matches scored a total of 443 runs, averaging 63.29, well distanced away from his best numbers.
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Matches | Runs | Avarage | 100s | 50s |
10 | 443 | 63.29 | 0 | 6 |
RCB, at the top of the IPL 2025 ladder with 14 points in 10 matches and 4 group matches yet to be played, has a ticket to the next round that is just a matter of time. So, it is very much possible that he will get more time to decorate his present IPL-season stats. In the round of four, every team will play 2 matches (home and away fixture), then the best two will move forward for the grand finale.
Apart from the trophy, the only element missing from Kohli's IPL 2025 numbers is a century. Virat, in 2016, secured four 100s, which make his record exceedingly attractive even after 9 years.
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