Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) left for a flyer against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match on Saturday, scoring 62 runs, broke only 33 balls. During his stay in the middle, Kohli hit 5 sixes and 5 fours, with debut Jacob Bethel a brilliant 97 -run stand for the first wicket. In this process, Kohli moved into the history of the script in the history of the T20 league, who became the first player to hit a 300 sixes for a franchise.
In the history of IPL, no player had ever hit 300 sixes for the same team before. The second player in the list is Chris Gayle, who hit a total of 263 sixes in the IPL for RCB. Gayle League’s history (357) also tops the list of most sixes, while Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Punjab also have maximum count for Kings (PBK).
In the game, Kohli also became a batsman to score the most runs against the same franchise. After his innings against Super Kings, Kohli scored 1146 runs. Tally takes her to the top of the chart, defeating David Warner’s 1134 -run record against Punjab Kings.
Most runs against a rival in IPL:
1146 – Virat Kohli vs CSK
1134 – David Warner vs. PBK
1130 – Virat Kohli vs DC
1104 – Virat Kohli vs PBK
1093 – David Warner vs KKR
1083 – Rohit Sharma vs KKR
Courtesy of knocking against CSK, Kohli also has 154 sixes in the smallest format at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, which defeated Chris Gayle’s 151 record.
Most sixes in the same place in T20s:
154 – Virat Kohli in Bengaluru
151 – Chris Gayle in Bengaluru
138 – Chris Gayle in Mirpur
135 – Alex Hales in Nottingham
122 – Wankhede in Rohit Sharma
When it comes to a protest against CSK, Kohli has the highest-nine in IPL history compared to MS Dhoni-Left side. They now have 10 fifty-Plus scores against CSK, jointly recorded by Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner and Rohit Sharma.
Taking his overall tally to 505 runs this season, Virat Kohli now has the most IPL season with 500+ runs in the history of the league – 8.
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