IPL: Top 5 batting performances for RCB

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batting has always been a strength in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Records also corroborate this fact as the IPL’s highest run-getter is Virat Kohli with 7263 runs in 237 matches at a strike rate of 130.02. Along with that, the highest individual run-scorer in an IPL innings is Chris Gayle, who hit 175 runs while representing the side against Pune Warriors India (PWI) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in 2013.

This year, Kohli along with Faf du Plessis will carry the responsibility to deliver quality starts to the team while Glenn Maxwell will bolster the team with batting in the middle order. Reliable names such as Dinesh Karthik and Cameron Green are capable of playing the role of match-finishers in the team. Before the 2024 IPL, let’s talk about Bangalore’s five best batting performances of all time.

Here are RCB’s five best batting innings of all time:

5. Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 101 against Gujarat Titans (GT) in 2023

Virat Kohli looked sensational for RCB again after four years in 2023. The India batting maestro notched up 639 runs with a couple of centuries in 14 matches. One of his tons came against Gujarat Titans (GT) in a do-or-die game at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Taking on GT’s quality bowling attack, the star player hit his seventh IPL ton. 

Riding on his unbeaten 101 off just 61 deliveries, Bangalore posted 197 runs on the board. In the end, the visitors hammered the hosts by six wickets with the help of Shubman Gill’s unbeaten 104 off 52 but Kohli’s fine batting effort was appreciated as he stepped up in the crucial contest and played an outstanding knock.