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Virat Kohli - (Source : AP Photos)
On Saturday, May 3, Chennai Super Kings locked horns against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. The visitors won the toss and asked RCB to bat first. Jacob Bethell and Virat Kohli got off to a flying start as they took on Khaleel Ahmed and Anshul Kamboj in the powerplay.
Meanwhile, it was an interesting battle between Kohli and Khaleel as the duo shared a light-hearted moment before the start of the match where Virat had told Ahmed that he would whack him for runs. Notably, Khaleel had sledged Virat when the two met early on in the season at the Chepauk stadium that didn't go well with Virat and the RCB star had also told warned Khaleel of a whacking after that game as well.
Virat Kohli Takes On Khaleel Ahmed At Chinnaswamy
In the ongoing match, on the 5th and 6th ball of the 3rd over, Virat hit Khaleel for two back-to-back sixes and with that feat, he also completed 300 sixes for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. It is worth noting that Kohli is the first RCB star to 300 sixes in IPL. Here is the complete list of most sixes in IPL for RCB.
Most sixes for RCB in T20s:
- 301* - Virat Kohli
- 263 - Chris Gayle
- 240 - AB de Villiers
Overall, only Chris Gayle and Rohit Sharma have hit more sixes than Virat Kohli in IPL. Talking about the ongoing match, at the time of writing this article, RCB are 70/0 after 5.2 overs and both Virat and Jacob Bethell are heading towards their half-century.
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