Virat Kohli scored record 8th century, became the first centurion of IPL 2024 season

Jaipur: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batsman Virat Kohli scored his first century of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season during the match against Rajasthan Royals at Sawai Mansingh on Saturday. Stadium in Jaipur.

Kohli completed his century off 67 balls during the match and extended his record tally to his eighth century in the IPL with his eighth century in 234 innings. Meanwhile, another RCB great Chris Gayle is second in the elite list of most centuries in IPL with six triple-figure scores in 141 innings, while RR batsman Jos Buttler is third with 5 centuries in 98 innings. .

With his century, the star batsman also became the first player in IPL history to score more than 7500 runs.

With a single off the fourth ball of the 7th over, Kohli reached the milestone of 7500 runs in the IPL, becoming the first batsman to achieve the feat in the history of the tournament. He reached this milestone in his 242nd match.

After Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan is at second place in this list with 6755 runs.

Kohli’s explosive century took RCB to 183/3 against RR.

Some stunning shots of batting maestro Kohli were seen in ‘Pink City’ Jaipur. The batting maestro played an excellent inning of 113 unbeaten runs in 72 balls, while captain Faf du Plessis scored 44 runs. (ANI)