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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 35 runs in the 41st match of IPL-2024. Batting after winning the toss, Bengaluru scored 206 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. In reply, Hyderabad team could score only 171 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs.
Virat Kohli (51 runs) and Rajat Patidar (50 runs) scored fifties from RCB. Virat became the first player to score more than 400 runs in 10 IPL seasons. At the same time, Rajat scored the second fastest fifty in 19 balls for RCB in IPL. Match Records…
1. Patidar’s second fastest fifty for RCB.
Rajat Patidar scored the second fastest fifty for RCB. He equaled Robin Uthappa’s record. Uthappa scored a half-century in 19 balls against Punjab in 2010. Chris Gayle is at the top of this list. Gayle completed his half-century in 17 balls against Pune Warriors in 2013. In the same match, Gayle made the top player score of IPL by playing an unbeaten inning of 175 runs.
2. Virat is the first batsman to score 400+ runs in 10 seasons.
Virat Kohli crossed the 400 run mark this season. He became the first batsman to score more than 400 runs in 10 seasons. Earlier he was at par with Suresh Raina, David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan. All three batsmen have scored more than 400 runs in 9 IPL seasons. This season, David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan have a chance to match Kohli.
3. Kohli is the fourth batsman to complete 4 thousand IPL runs as an opener.
Virat Kohli completed 4 thousand runs as an opener in IPL with his innings of 51 runs. He has become the fourth batsman to do so. Before this, Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner and Chris Gayle have achieved this feat. Shikhar Dhawan has scored the maximum of 6362 runs in 202 innings as an opener. KL Rahul is also close to 4000 runs.
4. SRH scored the most runs against one team in the season
SRH broke RCB’s record in terms of scoring the most total runs against a single team in an IPL season. The team scored 287 runs in the first match and 171 runs in the second match against RCB this season. Total was 458 runs. Earlier this record was in the name of RCB. In the year 2013, RCB scored a total of 450 runs in 2 matches against Pune Warriors.
5. Unadkat’s 5th best performance in the 100th IPL match
Jaydev Unadkat played his 100th IPL match of the season in the match against RCB. With this, he gave the 5th best bowling figures in his 100th match. Amit Mishra is on the top of this list. Mishra took 4 wickets in his 100th match against Punjab Kings.
