Five Virat Kohli innings that prove he is the king of the IPL

Virat Kohli, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain, may have t won an IPL trophy yet but he has definitely left his mark on tournament. Kohli is leing run-scorer in IPL with 5,412 runs to his name. RCB skipper has produced some scintillating innings. We look at five of his best innings in IPL.

Virat Kohli's top 5 innings in IPL

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100* vs Gujarat Lions (2016)

Kohli gave innings stability as he batted with a calm demeaur to securely hold his end of wicket. Kohli got to his 50 in 41 balls and n accelerated by pacing up his innings. With one ball left in RCB innings, Kohli was batting at 96 when he sliced last ball and got to his hundred and crowd went bonkers. Kohli scored 100 in 63 balls and hit 11 fours and 1 six.

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100 vs Kolkata Knight Rider

RCB were in a dire need of results going ir way. Kohli opened innings as RCB batted first against KKR. This was a calm but lethal inning by Kohli as he swiftly scored runs and never gave KKR bowlers any real chance to send him back. Kohli hit second last ball of RCB innings for a four and got to his hundred. In this inning, he hit 9 fours and 4 sixes.

108* vs Rising Pune Supergiant (2016)

This was Kohli's second hundred in IPL of 2016. RCB was chasing RPS's 192 and Kohli helped m get re easily. In inning which consisted of 7 sixes and 8 fours, right-handed batsman showed a lot more aggression than his earlier hundred. Although he reached 50 in 31 balls, it only took him 27 balls to score remaining 58.

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109 vs Gujarat Lions (2016)

Kohli h alrey scored two impressive centuries in that IPL and star of this RCB innings was AB de Villiers. De Villiers h me a lethal hundred and was standing tall at 112, while a fairly dormant Kohli was at 52 on or end. What unfolded next seemed too good to be true. Kohli shifted gears in an instance and w started hitting almost every ball, out of ground. From 65 off 45, he went to 103 off just 53 balls. Kohli was out on 109, having hit 8 sixes and 5 fours.

113 vs Kings XI Punjab (2016)

In this rain-shortened fixture, a struggling KXIP met a hopeful RCB. RCB needed to win at all costs if y wanted to make playoffs and in this 15-over game, Kohli and Gayle went all-guns-blazing. He ended up scoring 100 off just 47 balls and got out at 113 with 8 sixes and 12 fours to his name. This was his fourth hundred of 2016 edition and he went on to end season with a mammoth 973 runs which have t been outscored since. 

(Im Credit: RCB)

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