The Indian Premier League and Virat Kohli is a match made in heaven. When the best batsman in the world bats in the biggest T20 league it’s always a sight to behold. Kohli has played the IPL since it’s inception in 2008 when the league was just an experiment. As soon as the IPL started getting bigger and better every year the legend of Kohli also reached unimaginable heights a batsman.
Currently, Virat Kohli is at the peak of his powers and his enthusiasts are waiting with bated breaths to once again showcase his incredible talent. The RCB official accounts on various social media platforms are finally providing a glimpse of Kohli batting in the nets as a result the excitement is now off the charts.
Records often follow Kohli when he is on the cricket field as he sets an unimaginable benchmark to scale for all his contemporaries. In the feature, we’ll look ahead at some of the most unbreakable records of Virat Kohli that he achieved in his IPL career so far.
5 Unbreakable Records Of Virat Kohli in IPL:
5. Four Centuries in Single IPL season
Well, in the 2016 edition of the IPL the world saw Kohli batting like a dream and absolutely toy with the bowling attack in almost every season. It was like watch Federer domination at Wimbledon in his prime or Jordan in NBA in the 90s.
It was a once in a lifetime season for Virat Kohli as he scored 4 centuries in a single IPL season. Cricket is a funny game and records are meant to be broken but some records are also meant to be immortal.
The world may never see a batsman score as many as 4 IPL hundreds in a single season. Even Kohli himself won’t be able to replicate his heroics of the 2016 IPL season as he broke several records left right and centre.
4. Highest Partnership runs with AB de Villiers in a match
We still stay in 2016 and look at a record which will never be broken in IPL history. The unfortunate team facing RCB in this match were the newbies Gujarat Lions. Batting first Virat Kohli and his partner in crime AB de Villiers decided to treat all fans at Chinnaswamy stadium with true royalty.
The duo went absolute berserk as the world saw batting of the highest possible order. Kohli and ABD recorded a partnership of 229 runs which is still the highest ever in the league history.
It was like watching superheroes doing their thing in a fictional movie. The carnage that day courtesy of ABD and Kohli was jaw-dropping as they both also scored their individual hundreds. A 229 partnership in a T20 match? It was just ridiculous that might remain at the top in the history book forever and one of the 5 records Virat Kohli holds in IPL which is unbreakable to break.
3. Scoring 50 when no other batsman reached double figures
Sometimes when a beast like Kohli operates his other teammates are often left behind. Kohli in 2017 against Rising Pune Super Giants created the most unique record which might never be emulated.
Batting second no batsmen apart from Kohli could reach double figures as RCB lost a one-sided match. However, in a total of 96 runs made by RCB their skipper alone scored 55 runs. This one of the 5 unbreakable records Virat Kohli holds in IPL.
This is truly a freakish record and unfortunate record that only Kohli holds in his IPL career. To be able to score 50 when no other batsman scores even 10 runs in truly unheard of which may be never happening again.
2. Highest average in a single IPL season
Virat Kohli dominated IPL in 2016 as no other batsmen had ever done. Kohli in that season played a total of 16 matches and owned the entire 2016 IPL with the bat in hand. Kohli averaged an astonishing 81.08 in that season and nobody has ever averaged more as a batsman after playing an entire IPL.
The talismanic run-scorer was truly playing a different game as he stood head and shoulders above everyone that season. To be able to average over 80 with the bat in T20 is truly unheard of and since then nobody has even reached close to it.
Every season batsmen will scale several heights but still to be able to score 81 runs I every innings can never be replicated in IPL history.
1. Most Runs in a single season
Fitting to be at the number 1 spot is another Virat Kohli record which is surely unbreakable. In the entire 2016 IPL season, Kohli electrified stadium all over India as the whole world witness a genius at work.
In total ‘King Kohli’ scored 973 runs yes just 27 short of the magical 1k runs mark in a true dream season. This record of Kohli is truly one for the ages set the bar way too high for other world-class batsmen in featuring in the Indian Premier League. Yes, this for sure is unbreakable.
IPL 2020 begins on September 19 in the UAE, where Kohli will be once again leading the Royal Challengers of Bangalore franchise.