After Kohli’s century everyone bowed down from the dugout to the audience, such was the atmosphere of the stadium

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Virat Kohli has now scored a century in IPL after the 2019 season. In the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kohli scored 100 runs in just 63 balls. On 18 May, in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Virat Kohli completed his sixth IPL century off 62 balls. With this, Kohli has now equaled Chris Gayle’s record of scoring most centuries in IPL.

In the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Virat Kohli had expressed his intention on the very first ball. In this match, when Kohli completed his century by hitting a six, all the players in the RCB dugout, including RCB captain Faf du Plessis, who were batting with him, bowed down and appreciated his innings. At the end of Kohli’s century, all the fans present at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad were also very happy. A win in this match was necessary for RCB to stay in the playoff race. On the basis of this innings of Kohli, Bangalore won by just 8 wickets. With this win, RCB has now secured the fourth position in the points table with 14 points.

Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis hold this record

So far in the 16th season of IPL, the pair of Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis have played a very important role in batting for Royal Challengers Bangalore. In the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, both of them played an important role in making the match one-sided by sharing a 172-run partnership for the first wicket. Kohli and du Plessis have added a total of 872 runs for the first wicket so far this season.

The opening pair of Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli has now broken the record of the opening pair of Johnny Bairstow and David Warner for scoring the most runs in a season. Warner and Bairstow scored a total of 791 runs as the opening pair in the 2019 season.