Virat Kohli is all set to face the Royals of Rajasthan in the ongoing IPL 2024 at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur. Having played four matches this year, he has scored 203 runs and also has a strike-rate of 140.97 this season. It will be interesting to see how he performs against the Rajasthan Royals this time. Let’s take a look at his overall batting stats to date against RR in the IPL.
Virat Kohli vs Rajasthan Royals
| Matches | 29 |
| Runs | 618 |
| Average | 25.75 |
| Strike Rate | 114.44 |
| 50s /100s | 4/0 |
| Highest Score | 72* (47) |
Kohli will look to improve his stats against RR
Kohli has been playing as expected in IPL matches this season , taking his time and consistently making big runs. However, it will be interesting to see how he performs against RR, as his performances against them have not been impressive until now.
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Although he has made 618 runs, putting him in 6th place on the highest run-getter list against RR, he has played 29 matches with an average of 25, which is below the average batting rate in T20s. Also, he has struggled with his strike rate against RR.
Battle To Watch Out For Virat Kohli against RR
Yuzvendra Chahal : It is the most anticipated battle that everyone is looking forward to for several reasons. Chahal has been already troubling a lot of star batters with his spin bowling, which makes this contest even more interesting to see if he can stop the run machine Kohli or not.
On the other hand, Kohli has been seen struggling against leg-spin bowling in the past few years, so it will be interesting to see how he plays against spin bowling this time.
Trent Bolt : Over the years, Virat Kohli has shown some improvement against left-arm pace bowlers. Former RCB skipper has displayed that he is ready to go after the ball outside the off-stump, although that has occasionally landed him in trouble, as he has often edged the ball to slip and gully.
All these elements make it interesting to see how Virat plays against this star Kiwi bowler.
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