A shameful record in the history of IPL after Virat Kohli's century against Rajasthan.
- 19th match of IPL 2024 between Rajasthan and Bangalore
- In this match, Virat Kohli scored a century in 67 balls.
- Kohli scored the slowest century in IPL history
Virat Kohli scored a brilliant century in the 19th match of IPL 2024. Virat scored the 8th century of his IPL career against Rajasthan Royals. In this innings he scored a century in 67 balls. He remained at the crease from beginning to end and played an unbeaten inning of 113 runs in 72 balls. In this innings, 12 fours and 4 sixes came from Virat's bat. But in this innings, a shameful record was also registered in Virat's name along with history.
Virat created history
Virat Kohli was already the highest run scorer in the IPL with 7 centuries. This was his 8th century. Apart from them, Chris Gayle has scored 6 centuries and Jos Buttler has scored 5 centuries in IPL. This was Virat's ninth century in T20. He left behind Aaron Finch, David Warner and Michael Klinger, who had scored 8 centuries each. In terms of most T20 centuries, he is behind Chris Gayle (22) and Babar Azam (11).
Virat made a shameful record!
Virat Kohli's innings was not only historic, but also a shameful record was registered in his name. Kohli has now also become the joint slowest player to score a century in the IPL. This record was in the name of Manish Pandey when he scored a century in 67 balls against Deccan Chargers in 2009. In this innings, Virat Kohli also scored a century in 67 balls. Apart from Virat and Manish, this list also includes Sachin Tendulkar, Jos Buttler and David Warner, who have scored a century in 66 balls.