RCB vs LSG: Royal Challengers Bangalore are taking on Lucknow Super Giants in their second home encounter of the Indian Premier League. Batting first, RCB started extremely well with the bat as both Virat Kohli and skipper Faf du Plessis stroked boundaries at regular intervals. Kohli in particular was brutal with the bat as stroked a fifty in just 35 balls. With his fifty, Kohli also achieved another milestone in IPL. Follow IPL 2023 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
RCB vs LSG: Virat Kohli creates another RECORD with FIFTY vs Lucknow Super Giants, becomes only batter to score half-century against all 9 IPL teams, Follow IPL 2023
The bat raise we always love to see! 😍
Half century No. 4️⃣6️⃣ for Kohli! 👏#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #IPL2023 #RCBvLSG @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/JMKcV8DLin
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 10, 2023
With his fifty against LSG, Kohli has now stroked a half-century against all other nine teams in IPL. To note, it was Kohli’s 46th IPL fifty as he stroked 61 runs off just 44 balls which included four fours and four maximums. With his fifty, Kohli has stroked fifties against all franchises which have participated in the cash-rich league except now defunct Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
Speaking about Kohli numbers against IPL teams, the star batter loves to play against CSK as he has smashed nine fifties against the four-time champions. The right-handed batter averages highest against Delhi Capitals at 51.39. Speaking about his overall milestones in IPL, he has smashed 5 centuries combined with 46 fifties. Kohli is also nearing the 7,000-run mark in IPL and he is expected to reach the milestone in the next match.
