Virat Kohli was in action in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on Saturday as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) host Delhi Capitals (DC) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
The India international made a quickfire 50 off just 34 balls before throwing away his wicket to Yash Doull. Kohli's eyes lit up when he saw a juicy full-toss and smacked it towards midwicket. He got the height but not the distance which allowed Lalit Yadav to take a simple catch in the deep.
He has scored 214 runs in four innings in this edition of the IPL.
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How many runs did Virat Kohli score in IPL 2022?
The star batsman went through a rough patch last season as he managed to score just 341 runs in 16 matches even though his team reached the playoffs.
Kohli hit just two half-centuries in the entire season and recorded an average of 22.73.
| Matches | Runs | Avg. | H.S | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 341 | 22.73 | 73 | 0 | 2 |
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How many runs has Virat Kohli scored in IPL history?
Kohli is the only player in the history of IPL to play for just one team since the tournament's inception. In 16 seasons for RCB, he has scored 6838 runs in 226 IPL matches.
The most successful season of Kohli's IPL career was in 2016 when he scored a massive 973 runs which included four centuries. That is the most runs any player had ever scored in a single edition of the competition.
| Year | Team | Matches | Runs | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | RCB | 13 | 165 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | RCB | 16 | 246 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | RCB | 16 | 307 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | RCB | 16 | 557 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | RCB | 16 | 364 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | RCB | 16 | 634 | 0 | 6 |
| 2014 | RCB | 14 | 359 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | RCB | 16 | 505 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | RCB | 16 | 973 | 4 | 7 |
| 2017 | RCB | 10 | 308 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | RCB | 14 | 530 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | RCB | 14 | 464 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | RCB | 15 | 466 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | RCB | 15 | 405 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | RCB | 16 | 341 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | RCB | 4 | 214 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 226 | 6838 | 5 | 47 |