Records Virat Kohli broke with his second IPL hundred

Ajinkya Rahane’s 74 in the game between Rising Pune Supergiants and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore on 7th may 2016 provided his sixth fifty in the ongoing IPL 2016 edition. Virat Kohli with his 108 not out in Bangalore’s innings became the second batsman in the ongoing IPL to score six fifties. Rahane and Kohli became the tenth and eleventh batsman in the history of IPL to score ten or more fifties in an IPL edition.

Instances when batsmen scored ten or more fifties in an edition of IPL:

Rahane became the third Indian batsman to score six fifties in an IPL edition. Others are Gautam Gambhir in 2012 and Virat Kohli in 2013. Kohli became the only Indian batsman to score six fifties in two separate editions – 2013 and 2016.

Kohli and David Warner are the only two batsmen to score six fifties in an edition of IPL on two occasions.

Batsmen who have scored 6+ fifties in an IPL season twice:

Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli’s feat of scoring six fifties in 2016 provides the fourth occasion of two batsmen scoring six or more fifties in the same edition of the IPL.

Occasions when two batsmen scored 6+ fifties in a season of IPL:

Virat became the third Indian batsman to score 6000 plus runs in T20 cricket after Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma.

Indians with 6000 plus runs in T20s:

Kohli achieved a record which no captain has achieved in the Indian Premier League so far. He had an aggregate of 433 runs prior to the start of the game against Rising Pune Supergiants at Bangalore on 07.05.16 He needed 67 runs for his 500 runs. He scored 108 not out in the game which fetched him an aggregate of 541 runs at the end of the game. He became the only captain in the history of IPL to score 500 plus runs in three separate editions. He has an aggregate of 634 in 2013 and 505 in 2015 and 541 in 2016. He went past Sachin Tendulkar who has accomplished the feat in two editions. 618 in 2010 and 553 in 2011. Virat Kohli’s 634 in 2013 is the record for most runs scored by a captain in any edition of the Indian Premier League.

Captains who have an aggregate of 500 plus runs in an edition of IPL:

Kohli became the eighth batsman in the history of IPL to score two or more centuries.

Batsmen who have scored two or more centuries in an edition of IPL:

Virat Kohli emulated Chris Gayle in scoring two centuries in the same edition. Both the batsmen represented Royal Challengers Bangalore while accomplishing the feat. Gayle performed the feat in IPL 2011 edition, while Kohli’s feat has been recorded in the ongoing IPL 2016. The performance of these two batsmen is listed below. The RCB skipper also earned the distinction of becoming the first captain ever in the IPL to score two centuries in a single edition of IPL

He has an aggregate of 1156 runs in Twenty20 matches in the calendar year 2016. It comprises of 13 fifty plus scores – two centuries and 11 half centuries. He became the second batsman after Gayle to score 13 or more fifties in a calendar year. His feat provides the fourth such occasion with Gayle performing the feat on three occasions – 16 fifties in 2013, 14 fifties in 2011 and 13 fifties in 2015

Virat has scored eleven fifty plus scores in Twenty20 cricket in calendar year 2016 and his feat provides the sixth occasion of a batsman scoring eleven or more fifty-plus scores in a calendar year.

Incidents when batsmen scored more than eleven 50+ scores in a calendar year:

Kohli’s 108* is the fifth occasion of a captain scoring a hundred in IPL. He is the only captain to score two centuries – 100 not out against Gujarat Lions at Rajkot on 24.04.16 and 108 not out against Rising Pune Supergiants at Bangalore on 07.05.16. It is noted with interest that Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiants are the two new teams appearing in the IPL 2016 edition in place of two banned teams – Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals.

Stats by HR Gopala Krishna.