Royal Challengers Bangalore is facing Punjab Kings at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. In this 27th match of IPL, Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bowl first.
In this match against, RCB batter Virat Kohli achieved a huge milestone as he became the first player in the history of IPL to get the score of 30 or more for 100 times in the history of IPL.
The stand-in captain for Punjab Kings Sam Curran won the toss and elected to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Mohali on April 20. It is worth noting that Virat Kohli took charge as the captain of RCB as the regular skipper Faf du Plessis was unavailable due to a rib injury.
In this match, Virat Kohli made history by becoming the first player ever to score 100 thirty-plus runs in the tournament. He also achieved another remarkable feat by hitting his 600th four in the IPL. Kohli took charge as the captain of RCB in this match, which marks his return to the captaincy role after a gap of 556 days. His previous captaincy stint was on October 11, 2021.
In this match while batting first RCB scored 174/4 runs in all allotted 20 overs. Kohli scored 59 runs in 47 balls with the help of five fours and one six. Captain Faf Du Plessis who is acting as an impact player scored the highest 84 runs for the team in just 56 balls with the help of five fours and five sixes.
