Rating Virat Kohli’s IPL career: Best and worst seasons ranked
Kohli stands as the leading run-getter in the IPL to date.
17. IPL 2008
In 12 innings in Kohli and the IPL's first season, he faced only 157 deliveries. The then-20-year-old could garner only 165 runs. Kohli's strike rate of 105.09 this season remains his lowest in any season of the IPL. Kohli was mostly used as a lower-middle-order batter.
RCB ended in the penultimate position on the table. At one point, they had only won twice after 11 games. RCB ended up as the side with the worst NRR that season (-1.160) despite DCH concluding their campaign with only two wins on the board as compared to RCB's four.
18. IPL 2022
As far as Kohli's distinguished history in the IPL is concerned, IPL 2022 served as a glaring anamoly for the star batter. He scaped together only 341 runs in 16 games. His strike rate (115.98) was unusually low too. Kohli had bagged not one, not two, but three golden ducks in this season.
Due to timely performances coming from Kohli's teammates, RCB were successful in making it to the playoffs. They emerged victorious over Lucknow Super Giants in the Eliminator, but were defeated by RR in Qualifier 2 in Ahmedabad.
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