IPL 2023: 1489 days later, Kohli IPL century won Bengaluru: beat SRH by 8 wickets

IPL 2023: 1489 days later, Kohli IPL century won Bengaluru: beat SRH by 8 wickets

After 4 years in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets with the help of Virat Kohli's century. With this win, the team has kept its hopes of reaching the playoffs alive. The team has reached number four in the points table.

Electing to bat first after losing the toss at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad, Heinrich Klaasen scored a century. On the basis of Classen's century, the team scored 186 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Bangalore achieved the target by losing 2 wickets in 19.2 overs on the basis of Kohli's innings and his 172-run partnership with Faf du Plessis.

Virat IPL century after 1489

Virat Kohli scored his first century in the season against Sunrisers Hyderabad. This is Virat's sixth IPL century, he last scored a century on 19 April 2019 against Kolkata Knight Riders in Kolkata. In this way Kohli scored a century in IPL after 1489 days. Earlier, Virat had scored 4 centuries in the 2016 season. His best IPL score is 113 runs.

Second batsman to score 6 IPL centuries With his sixth century, Kohli equaled the record for most hundreds in IPL. Chris Gayle of West Indies also has 6 centuries in IPL. With 5 centuries, Jos Buttler stands behind Gayle and Kohli in this list.

Virat has scored all the centuries from RCB. While Gayle has scored 5 centuries from RCB and one from Punjab Kings, like Virat, Jos Buttler has also scored all the centuries for Rajasthan Royals.