{"id":435956,"date":"2024-03-29T16:49:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T16:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/03\/29\/virat-kohli-shatters-ipl-records-to-go-past-chris-gayle-and-ms-dhoni-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T16:49:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T16:49:22","slug":"virat-kohli-shatters-ipl-records-to-go-past-chris-gayle-and-ms-dhoni-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/03\/29\/virat-kohli-shatters-ipl-records-to-go-past-chris-gayle-and-ms-dhoni-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli shatters IPL records to go past Chris Gayle and MS Dhoni | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-108883343,imgsize-80174.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: Batting maestro <!-- -->Virat Kohli<!-- --> is in ominous touch, after coming from a long break, as he surpassed <!-- -->Chris Gayle<!-- --> to record most <!-- -->sixes<!-- --> for <!-- -->Royal Challengers Bengaluru<!-- --> (<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/royal-challengers-bangalore\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RCB<\/a>).<br \/>Kohli, who has hit 241 sixes so far, leads the list for RCB followed by Gayle (239), <!-- -->AB de Villiers<!-- --> (238), <!-- -->Glenn Maxwell<!-- --> (67) and Faf du Plessis (50).<\/p>\n<p>Kohli stands as a unique figure in the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IPL<\/a>, having played solely for one franchise since the league&#8217;s inception in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, all 241 of his sixes in the tournament have been scored while representing RCB.<br \/><span class=\"strong \">ALSO READ: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/how-to-watch-ipl-cricket-live-streaming-online\/watch-ipl-in-qatar-live\/108468172\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"strong \" frmappuse=\"1\">Watch IPL in Qatar<\/a><br \/><span class=\"strong\">List for most sixes for RCB in IPL<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"32\">\n<ul>\n<li>Virat Kohli &#8211; 241<\/li>\n<li>Chris Gayle &#8211; 239<\/li>\n<li>AB de Villiers &#8211; 238<\/li>\n<li>Glenn Maxwell &#8211; 67<\/li>\n<li>Faf du Plessis &#8211; 50<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the process, Kohli (241) also overtook Indian legend <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mahendra-singh-dhoni\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MS Dhoni<\/a> (239) to jump to fourth spot in the overall list. Gayle sits right at the top with 357 sixes to his name in IPL followed by Rohit Sharma (261) and AB de Villiers (251).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"strong\">List for most sixes in IPL<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"41\">\n<ul>\n<li>Chris Gayle &#8211; 357<\/li>\n<li>Rohit Sharma &#8211; 261<\/li>\n<li>AB de Villiers &#8211; 251<\/li>\n<li>Virat Kohli &#8211; 241<\/li>\n<li>MS Dhoni &#8211; 239<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kohli hit an unbeaten 83 to power his team to a total of 182\/6 with the help of four sixes and the same number of fours against <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/kolkata-knight-riders\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kolkata Knight Riders<\/a>. 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