On April 25, Virat Kohli surpassed England’s Alex Hales to set a world record for the most T20 half-centuries at a single venue, scoring his 26th fifty at Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. His 42-ball 70 and 95-run partnership with Devdutt Padikkal powered RCB to their first home win of the IPL season.
Kohli surpassed Alex Hales, the second-highest run-scorer in T20 cricket, who has 25 fifties in his name at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Now, Kohli has all the batting parameters in his favour – average, fifties, centuries, runs – in the T20 format while playing at a certain venue.
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Most fifties at one venue in T20 cricket
26 – Virat Kohli at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
25 – Alex Hales at Trent Bridge, Nottingham
24 – James Vince at The Rose Bowl, Southampton
23 – Tamim Iqbal at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka
21 – Jason Roy at The Oval, London
Kohli also went past Chris Gayle with his tally of fifty-plus scores in T20 cricket (102 fifties and nine hundreds). Gayle, the leading run-getter in the T20 format, has 88 half-centuries and 22 hundreds in his name, a total of 110 fifty-plus scores and Kohli jumped to second place at 111, only behind David Warner’s 117 (109 fifties and eight hundreds).
Kohli’s knock also came in a quick time as he was striking at 166 when he got out for 70, but the tempo at which he played ensured that, despite a scratchy start, RCB didn’t really slow down. Both Kohli and Padikkal went into the fifth gear from overs 11-15 before the Royals struck back, triggering a mini collapse. Jitesh Sharma and Tim David’s crucial cameos helped RCB get to 205, which was eventually enough as the Royals failed to close out yet another chase, third in a row, well within their grasp.
This was RCB’s first home win of the season and the three-time finalists got to 12 points with five games in the bag. The Royals, on the other hand, suffered their seventh defeat and now are in need of a lot more than just two points in each of their remaining five matches.
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