Virat Kohli first to play 200 games for a single IPL franchise

Cricket | Friday | 16th October, 2020

Virat Kohli has added one more plume to his effectively famous cap by turning into the primary player to play 200 counterparts for a solitary Indian Premier League (IPL) establishment.

Kohli accomplished the accomplishment during Royal Challenger Bangalore's down against Kings XI Punjab which his side lost by eight wickets at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Thursday night.

He has played 185 counterparts for RCB in the IPL, notwithstanding 15 appearances for the Bengaluru-based establishment in the now-dead Champions League T20. The 31-year-old is the main run-scorer in the IPL history, collecting 5,716 runs in 185 matches.

"RCB means a lot to me, not many understand that emotion. 200 games for them is unbelievable, I wouldn't have believed it in 2008. It is an honor, they've kept me and I have stayed on," Kohli had said before the start of RCB's game against Kings XI.

Kohli's RCB has not had the option to win the IPL prize even once in the previous 12 versions, a beginning which he is anxious to change in the progressing IPL release. Up until now, RCB has dominated four matches of the eight matches and remains at the third spot in the focuses table in IPL 2020.

They will take on Rajasthan Royals in their next experience in Dubai on Saturday