Virat Kohli IPL Playoffs stats: Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals (RR) will need to regain their momentum as they face a confident Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the ‘Eliminator’ of Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket today, Wednesday. Will have to face challenge. The winning team in this match will enter the second ‘Qualifier’ and the challenge of the losing team will end. In such a situation, it is going to be a ‘do or die’ match for both the teams.

Rajasthan team had made a strong start in this year’s IPL. Rajasthan team was once among the top 2 teams. However, Rajasthan slipped to third place due to four consecutive losses and the last match against Kolkata being abandoned due to rain. Therefore, now they will have to win two consecutive matches to reach the finals.

On the other hand, there is RCB who were at the bottom of the points table in the middle of the season, but after 8 matches they made a strong comeback and finished fourth in the points table. After losing seven of the first eight matches, the RCB team won the next six matches. RCB has confirmed its place in the ‘play-offs’ by defeating current champions Chennai Super Kings. Therefore, now Rajasthan will face the challenge of stopping them.

Virat Kohli are from expectations

Virat Kohli has scored 708 runs in 14 matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore this season. He is currently the highest run scorer among batsmen. In such a situation, RCB will expect a strong performance from him. But before the RR vs RCB match, such scary figures of Virat Kohli have come to light which have increased the concern of RCB fans.

RCB team has played playoff matches 14 times in IPL history so far, in which they have won only 5 matches and have lost all the remaining matches. Along with this, let us tell you that Virat Kohli’s record during these matches has not been very good.

Virat Kohli IPL Playoffs Batting stats (Virat Kohli’s Batting Records in IPL Playoffs)

IPL Playoffs: Virat Kohli Batting Average

Virat Kohli has played 14 IPL playoff matches for RCB so far. In these 14 matches, Kohli’s average has been only 25.66.

IPL Playoffs: Virat Kohli Batting Strike rate (Virat Kohli’s batting/batting strike rate in IPL Playoffs)

After the batting average, if we talk about Virat Kohli’s strike rate, it has also not been anything special. Kohli has been able to score only 308 runs at a strike rate of 120.31 and his highest score has been 70 runs.

Looking at his record, it seems that maybe Kohli’s figures will be bad in today’s match also. RCB fans would like him to break the old record and score maximum runs this time and play an important role in helping the team win.