Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli Equals Rohit Sharma: Royal Challengers Bangalore i.e. RCB defeated Punjab Kings by 7 wickets in a one -sided manner in the 37th match of the Indian Premier League 2025. Chasing a target of 158 runs in Punjab, RCB lost 3 wickets and achieved the target of seven balls in advance. Star batsmen Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal were instrumental in this magnificent victory of RCB, who scored amazing half -centuries. Virat Kohli scored 73 runs off 54 balls and returned unbeaten on the strength of 1 six and 7 fours. Thanks to this brilliant innings, Virat Kohli made a big feat by winning the Player of the Match Award.
Virat Kohli reached Rohit Sharma
Actually, Virat Kohli managed to win the Player of the Match Award for the 19th time in IPL. Along with this, he has defeated David Warner and Mahendra Singh Dhoni in terms of winning the highest player of the match award in IPL, while Rohit Sharma has equaled. Rohit has made 19 players of the matches so far in the IPL. At the same time, Virat Kohli’s name has also now become 19 Player of the Match. Now Kohli has a great chance to win 20 or more player of the match in the IPL, leaving behind Rohit Sharma and the third player in the world.
ABD at number one
So far, only 2 players have been selected in the IPL 20 or more times. It has AB de Villiers at the first position. ABD has won this award 25 times in IPL. He is the most often player of the match award player in IPL. This is followed by Chris Gayle’s number. Gayle won the Player of the Match Award at IPL 22 times. Rohit and Virat are now at the third position with the 19–19 POM Award.
Players who won the highest player of the match award in IPL
- 25 – AB de Villiers
- 22 – Chris Gayle
- 19 – Virat Kohli*
- 19 – Rohit Sharma
- 18 – David Warner
- 18 – MS Dhoni
Virat Kohli scored 50+ for the 67th time in the IPL, scoring a brilliant half -century in the match against Punjab. In this way, Virat’s name recorded the record for 50+ scores in IPL. He demolished David Warner’s record.
Players scoring 50+ runs in IPL
- Virat Kohli- 67
- David Warner- 66
- Shikhar Dhawan- 53
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