Virat Kohli Makes History Against Sunrisers Hyderabad: Becomes the First Batsman to Score 400+ Runs 10 Times in IPL

April 26, 2024By An Awkward Staff

Virat Kohli Makes History Against Sunrisers Hyderabad: Becomes the First Batsman to Score 400+ Runs 10 Times in IPL

In a match against Sunrisers Hyderabad played on Thursday, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s opening batsman Virat Kohli displayed a stellar performance. He scored a powerful half-century, crossing the 400-run mark in IPL 2024. After completing a magnificent half-century at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, King Kohli got out. He was dismissed by Jaydev Unadkat.

The 35-year-old batsman played a brilliant inning of 51 runs off 43 balls. During this innings, he hit four fours and one six. With this, he has scored over 400 runs in this season. The star batsman has played nine matches in this IPL season so far. He has scored 430 runs with a strike rate of 145. In this period, he has hit 40 fours and 17 sixes.

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Kohli achieves 400+ runs for the 10th time in IPL history

Interestingly, Virat Kohli has succeeded in scoring 400+ runs for the 10th consecutive time since 2011. He became the first batsman to achieve this feat. In 2016, he scored the most runs, 973, making it the highest runs scored by any batsman in a single season in IPL history.

Virat Kohli’s 400+ runs in IPL history

2011 – 557 runs
2013 – 634 runs
2015 – 505 runs
2016 – 973 runs
2018 – 530 runs
2019 – 464 runs
2020 – 466 runs
2021 – 405 runs
2023 – 639 runs
2024 – 430 runs

Kohli’s record in Hyderabad

RCB’s former captain shines in Hyderabad. In the last four T20 matches played at this ground, the powerhouse batsman of Team India has scored four half-centuries. In the match played against Hyderabad last season, Virat scored 100 runs off 63 balls.