It will take just one more century for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star batsman Virat Kohli to reach a major milestone in his remarkable professional cricket career—a century of hundreds.
The Delhi Capitals (DC) and RCB will play one another in Bengaluru on Sunday. Each team is fighting for a postseason berth. DC has six wins, six defeats, and a total of 12 points, which puts them in fifth place in the points standings right now.
With five wins, seven defeats, and ten points overall, RCB is now ranked seventh. Fans will be watching this game with great anticipation, not just for Virat Kohli’s squad but also for this incredible accomplishment.
With 634 runs at an amazing average of 70.44 and a strike rate of 153.51 in 12 games this season, Virat is the holder of the Orange Cap for most runs scored. He has amassed five half-centuries and one century, his best being an undefeated 113.
Virat has an impressive track record in every version of the game. Even if he wouldn’t be the first or even in the top ten guys to score 100 century in professional cricket, it is still an incredible accomplishment in Virat’s illustrious career.
With 36 hundreds and 38 fifties, Virat has amassed 11,097 runs at an average of 50.21 and a strike rate of 55.96 in 145 first-class games. His highest rating is 254. This includes his total from the 113 Test matches he has played for India, where he has amassed 8,848 runs at an average of 49.15, with 29 hundreds and 30 fifties. His highest rating is 254.
Virat has amassed 15,290 runs at an average of 57.48 and a strike rate of 93.61 in 326 List-A games. He has also amassed 54 centuries and 80 fifties. His highest rating is 183. This also includes the total number of runs he scored in his 292 One-Day Internationals (ODIs), with 13,848 runs at an average of 58.67, 50 centuries, and 72 fifties. His highest rating is 183.
With nine hundreds and ninety-six fifties, Virat has amassed 12,628 runs at an average of 42.09 and a strike rate of 134.31 in 388 T20 matches. His highest rating is 122. His India numbers are included in this as well. He has amassed 4,037 runs at an average of 51.75 in 117 Twenty20 matches, including 37 fifty-scores and a century. His highest rating is 122.
With a strike rate of 138.82 against spin in IPL, Virat has been outstanding against it. Against spin, he has amassed 261 runs in 188 balls and been removed three times. In opposition against spin, he has crushed 13 sixes and 15 fours. He has an 87.00 average against spin. His spin technique has significantly improved, and he now frequently uses slog sweep and sweep against the advancing ball. Since Virat will be playing at slower, more spin-friendly pitches at this year’s T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the USA, his ability to counter spin will once again be in the focus.
Virat has taken 89 singles and 54 doubles against spin while playing 54 dot balls. Virat’s total SR against spin in the last five seasons has been 113.46, 108.08, 100.00, 108.91, and 130.14. In the 2015 season, when he scored runs at 151.21 against spin bowling, and the 2016 season, when he struck at 152.30, he had his best strike rate against spin.
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