The 32nd IPL 2023 was played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals. Batting first in this match, RCB scored 189 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. But, Virat Kohli could not open his account in this match as he was dismissed on the very first ball of the match. That was Golden Duck’s number 7 for the run-machine in his IPL career.
Left-arm pacer Trent Boult got Kohli’s wicket for the first time in his T20 career. Virat came out to play in this match wearing a green jersey. The green jersey and the date of April 23 are unlucky for him. Let’s check whether it is a coincidence or the black day for “King Kohli”.
April 23 is such a date, like a black day in the IPL career of Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli did not dismiss on golden duck in IPL for the first time. He has been dismissed on the first ball in IPL 7 times. This is not the first time this has happened to Virat Kohli on April 23. This happened 2 times before this.
April 23 is the date that has become evil in Virat Kohli’s IPL career. This is the third time Kohli got out on a golden duck while playing a match on April 23 in IPL. Earlier against Kolkata in 2017, then against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2022, he was dismissed on the very first ball and the date was April 23.
At the same time, Virat has not been able to open an account in the last two matches in the green jersey. Before the match against Rajasthan Royals, Kohli was dismissed on the first ball in green jersey against Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 8 last year.
Apart from this, another unwanted record has been registered in the name of Virat Kohli. He has 2nd most number of golden ducks to his name in IPL. Kohli has been dismissed on the first ball 7 times in the league. Rashid Khan is at the first place in this list. Who has been golden duck 10 times in IPL so far. It is followed by Sunil Narine (7), Harbhajan Singh (7) and Virat Kohli (7).
