Virat Kohli Breaks Gayle's Glorious Record With Second Consecutive Century
Virat Kohli broke Chris Gayle's incredible IPL record of most centuries in IPL as he smashed his second-successive century in the league.
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Royal Challengers Sunday night, the star batsman of Bangalore, Virat Kohli, broke former teammate Chris Gayle's long-standing most centuries in IPL record by scoring his seventh century in the league. Kohli played a vital knock in RCB's must-win match against Gujarat Titans in Bengaluru, reaching his century in 60 deliveries; this was his second consecutive century of the season. The 34-year-old batsman scored 100 runs in the team's previous match against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Chris Gayle scored his sixth and final century in the Indian Premier League in the 2018 edition of the competition, while still playing for the Royal Challengers. Interestingly, Kohli's last century in the tournament prior to this season occurred in 2019 against Kolkata Knight Riders; he terminated the drought against Sunrisers earlier this week.
Despite adverse conditions (rain in Bengaluru) and a delayed start, as well as regular casualties in the middle overs, Kohli led the Royal Challengers to a solid score of 197/5 in 20 overss against the Titans.
The right-handed batter began the inning with caution, as the rain had just ended and the players had just taken the field. Both Kohli and RCB captain Faf du Plessis began to ease off the gas after analyzing the conditions, with Kohli facing Yash Dayal in the fourth over of the match. He struck the Titans' fast bowler for three consecutive fours, and the pair ultimately scored 62 runs in the Powerplay.
After Du Plessis (28), Glenn Maxwell (11), and Mahipal Lomror (1) were quickly despatched, Kohli resorted to rotating the strike and formed a crucial partnership with Michael Bracewell (26). Kohli also reached his half-century in 35 deliveries and quickly shifted gears, despite Bracewell and Dinesh Karthik (0) being dismissed in rapid succession once more.
Kohli ultimately reached his century in 60 balls, while his subsequent fifty required only 25 balls. In the final over of his innings against Mohit Sharma, he reached the coveted century mark by pushing the delivery towards long-on for a single.
Also, this was Kohli's eighth T20 century, tying him with the Australian triumvirate of David Warner, Aaron Finch, and Michael Klinger.
