Virat Kohli Gets Past Chris Gayle, Royal Challengers Bangalore Skipper Creates Record at Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli has got past Chris Gayle's record of maximum Twenty20 runs at Bangalore's Chinnaswamy Stadium
Highlights
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Virat Kohli has scored a record 1653 T20 runs in Bangalore
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Kohli has broken RCB teammates Chris Gayle's record
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Kohli has also broken Notts' all-rounder Samit Patel's record
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli has scored a record aggregate of Twenty20 runs on a single ground. (IPL 2016: Quinton De Kock's Brilliant Century Thwarts Virat Kohli's efforts For Royal Challengers Bangalore)
After his 48-ball 79 in the Indian Premier League match against Delhi Daredevils at Bangalore's Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday, Kohli took his IPL aggregate to 1653 runs at this venue. He started at 1574.
Kohli went past Chris Gayle, who has scored 1578 runs in Bangalore. The Jamaican has been struggling for runs and scored a duck against Delhi Daredevils. RCB lost Sunday's match by seven wickets.
Kohli, who has been good nick since the ICC World Twenty20, not only surpassed Gayle, he has got the better of England all-rounder Samit Patel, who turns out for Nottinghamshire.
Patel held the record before Kohli broke it. He had scored 1595 Twenty20 runs at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
(With inputs from HR Gopala Krishna)