DTVHINDIMI or KKR- which IPL team does Virat Kohli consider his arch enemy?
Virat Kohli has named Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as his favourite IPL opponent ahead of Mumbai Indians (MI). Virat Kohli of RCB (Image Source: BCCI/IPL) Virat Kohli is an IPL legend and holds a special record of being the only player to represent the same franchise in every season. The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star batsman joined the franchise as a rookie in the 2008 draft. Despite his initial struggles, RCB backed Virat and retained him ahead of the IPL 2011 mega-auction. After that Virat Kohli became the full-time captain of RCB in 2013. Virat has been playing for RCB since 2008, so he has had a long rivalry with every opponent in the T20 league. While talking to Star Sports, Virat talked about IPL and picked his best opponent. Which IPL team does Virat Kohli consider his arch enemy? Virat has named Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as his favorite IPL opponent ahead of Mumbai Indians (MI). Let us tell you that Virat was a part of the first IPL match played between RCB and KKR on 18 April 2008. The team captained by Sourav Ganguly scored a total of 222 runs and RCB was all out for 82 runs. Virat was out after scoring 1 run off 5 balls in that match. Kohli’s stats against Mumbai Indians Kohli played his first IPL match against Mumbai Indians on 20 April. He scored 23 runs off 14 balls and RCB achieved the target of 166 runs. At the same time, he has scored 855 runs in 33 matches against Mumbai Indians. Kohli has also scored five half-centuries against MI. Kohli’s stats against KKR Virat has played 34 matches against KKR and scored 962 runs. He has one century and six half-centuries to his name. Interestingly, RCB has never faced Mumbai Indians or KKR in the IPL final. Kohli’s IPL career The Indian legend is the highest run scorer in IPL. He has scored 8004 runs in 252 matches. Virat has 8 centuries and 55 half-centuries to his name. Virat has played 3 IPL finals with RCB, but has never won the trophy.
Suryakumar Yadav is no longer the number one T20I batsman, India’s biggest enemy has reached the top
Suryakumar Yadav reaches number two in ICC’s latest T20I rankings. Suryakumar Yadav (Pic Source-X) ICC has released the new T20I rankings amid the T20 World Cup 2024. This time the rankings have seen a lot of upheaval. India’s Suryakumar Yadav, who has been at the number one position for a long time, has now reached number two in the latest rankings. Australia’s Travis Head has become the number one batsman in T20. England’s Phil Salt, Pakistan’s Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have also suffered losses. In the new T20 rankings released by the ICC, Australia’s Travis Head has become the number one batsman. This time he has jumped 4 places at once. Now Travis Head’s rating has become 844. Travis Head was not even in the top 10 till some time ago, but now he has reached the top. India’s Suryakumar Yadav has moved to second place. Apart from Suryakumar Yadav, these batsmen also suffered losses in the T20I rankings Surya’s rating is currently 842. That means there is only a difference of two rating points between the first and second ranked batsman. In such a situation, if Suryakumar Yadav has to reach number one again, then he will have to play a big innings in the upcoming matches. Only Suryakumar Yadav along with England’s Phil Salt has lost one place. His rating is now 816. Pakistan’s Babar Azam has also come down one place. He has reached the fourth position with a rating of 755. Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan has now reached number 5 with a rating of 746. He has also come down one place. Meanwhile, Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis has dropped three spots after a brief spell at number one following impressive performances against Oman (67* off 36, 3/19 in 3 overs) and Scotland (59 off 29). Sri Lanka T20I captain Wanindu Hasaranga has regained the top spot after taking six wickets in three innings during Sri Lanka’s campaign at the T20 World Cup.
IPL 2024: Three most successful captains against RCB, one is Virat’s biggest enemy
Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir. (Image Source: BCCI-IPL) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have not won any title in the Indian Premier League (IPL), but their quality players make them one of the strongest teams. 2016 is RCB’s best year so far in the IPL. That season, they came close to winning the title on the basis of the phenomenal batting performance of their captain Virat Kohli but could not win the final. Although RCB has not won any trophy yet, they give tough competition to their opponents. Legendary names like Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Daniel Vettori and Shane Watson were part of this team in the past. Looking at RCB’s IPL journey, we need to know the captains who dominated the three-time IPL runners-up with their captaincy abilities. Three most successful captains against RCB franchise 3) Gautam Gambhir Gautam Gambhir. (Photo Source: BCCI) Gautam Gambhir’s captaincy record against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is excellent. The left-handed batsman served as captain in 15 matches against Bangalore and won nine times. While captaining Delhi Capitals (DC), he played two matches against RCB and won one in 2010 and lost the other in 2018. In 2012, Gambhir led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to their first IPL title with his captaincy and batting. Against RCB, the Knight Riders won twice and in both the wins, the India veteran was the top run-scorer. At the famous Eden Gardens, he played a quickfire inning of 93 runs against the Challengers and made his best batting score in the IPL. On the basis of his excellent innings, Knight Riders won by 47 runs.
