Virat Kohli Back to Back Sixes: In the very first match of the IPL, cricket lovers have got to see Atishi batting from Virat Kohli. Last yesterday (22 March 2025) against KKR, he not only scored a half -century, but also captivated everyone’s mind with his aggressive game. During the match, he also hit back to bake sixes. Seeing whom everyone present there woke up in joy. On the first ball of Spencer Johnson, who came to the field with the fifth over of the innings from KKR, he first six over the long off. He also showed his second ball to the outside of the boundary line from the long off. After which everyone present there woke up in joy.
Kohli scored 56th half -century of IPL career
While starting the innings during the match, Virat Kohli managed to complete the 56th half -century of his IPL career. During the match, he faced a total of 36 balls to start the innings. Meanwhile, he managed to score an unbeaten 59 runs at a strike rate of 163.89. During this time, cricket lovers got to see four fours and three beautiful sixes from his bat.
Virat Kohli achieved special achievement
Virat Kohli achieved a major achievement during the match. He has become the fifth batsman in the world to score the most runs while chasing in T20 format. In a special case, he has left Kieron Pollard behind. Pollard scored 5,921 runs in T20. At the same time, Kohli’s name has now been 6,008 runs.
Players scoring the most runs chasing the target in T20 cricket
7,777 – Alex Hales (England) – (267 innings)
7,254 – Chris Gayle (West Indies) – (229 innings)
6,512 – David Warner (Australia) – (214 innings)
6,098 – Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) – (242 innings)
6,008 – Virat Kohli (India) – (175 innings)
5,921 – Kieron Pollard (West Indies) – (282 innings)
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