Virat Kohli, star batsman for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), needs to score 76 runs to become the first player in Indian Premier League history to reach 8,000 runs (IPL). In Saturday’s IPL 2024 encounter between RCB and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Kohli will have the opportunity to reach the milestone.
After 250 matches and 242 innings in the IPL, Kohli has scored 7924 runs at a strike rate of 131.8 so far. He hammered eight centuries and 55 fifties.
May 18 – a special day?
On May 18, the Indian talisman hitter is known for consistently delivering amazing performances. Earlier, he scored two hundreds and one fifty on the same date.
In the 2013 season of the IPL, the 35-year-old scored a half-century on May 18 against CSK. He played an unbeaten 56-run knock from 29 balls during the match. His first century on May 18 came against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in 2016 when he hammered 113 runs from 50 balls in Bengaluru. While his last ton on this day came against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in 2023, he played a 100-run knock from 63 balls.
2024 statistics
With 13 matches played and 661 runs with a strike rate of 155.16, Kohli leads the race for the IPL 2024 MVP and remains ultimate run machine for Orange Cap contest.
The Bengaluru-based team is currently ranked seventh in the IPL 2024 rankings with 12 points and a +0.387. After participating in 13 games, RCB emerged victorious in 6 of the tournament’s 17 seasons.
After winning 7 of 13 games, Ruturaj Gaikwad’s CSK are now in fourth place with 14 points and a +0.528 net run rate in the IPL 2024 standings.
In order to surpass the Super Kings and earn a spot in the IPL 2024 playoffs, RCB must win today’s game by a minimum of 18 runs if they bat first or by 18.1 overs if they are pursuing 200 runs.