Virat Kohli scored his third half-century in the fourth inning of the 16th edition of the IPL. He is in brilliant form at this moment & is showing that in every match. Royal Challengers Bangalore played against Delhi Capitals in Bengaluru in the first fixture of Super Saturday. RCB had to bat first after DC chose the ball winning the toss. Virat Kohli was carrying his form and started just there, where he left off in the last match. He scored the half-century in 33 deliveries with six fours & 1 six. No other batsmen of Bangalore were able to score higher than 30 against the opposition bowlers.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore put up 174. Delhi couldn't chase the total as RCB won the match by 23 runs. Virat Kohli won the Man of the Match award for the brilliant inning he played. This is his 15th IPL Man of the Match award. He also moved to the fourth position in the list of the most man of the match awards by Indian Players. Rohit Sharma is on the top with 19 M.O.M awards.
Most Man of the Match Awards by Indian Players in Indian Premier League History:
- Rohit Sharma: 19 times. Innings: 225. Runs: 5966. HS: 109
- MS Dhoni: 17 times. Innings: 208. Runs: 5004
- Yusuf Pathan: 16 times. Innings: 154. Runs: 3204
- Virat Kohli: 14 times. Innings: 218. Runs: 6788
- Suresh Raina: 14 times. Innings: 200. Runs: 5528. HS: 100*
IPL 2023: Full list Man-of-the-Match Award winners
- 1. Rashid Khan - 2/26 (4) & 10* (3) - GT beat CSK by seven wickets (Ahmedabad)
- 2. Arshdeep Singh - 3/19 (4) - PBKS beat KKR by seven runs (Mohali)
- 3. Mark Wood - 5/14 (4) - LSG beat DC by 50 runs (Lucknow)
- 4. Jos Buttler - 54 (22) - RR beat SRH by 72 runs (Hyderabad)
- 5. Faf du Plessis - 73 (43) - RCB beat MI by eight wickets (Bengaluru)
- 6. Moeen Ali - 19 (13) & 4/26 (4) - CSK beat LSG by 12 runs (Chennai)
- 7. Sai Sudharsan - 62* (48) - GT beat DC by six wickets (Delhi)
- 8. Nathan Ellis - 4/30 (4) - PBKS beat RR by five runs (Guwahati)
- 9. Shardul Thakur - 68 (29) & 1/15 (2) - KKR beat RCB by 81 runs (Kolkata)
- 10. Krunal Pandya - 3/18 (4) & 34 (23) - LSG beat SRH by five wickets (Lucknow)
- 11. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 60 (31) - RR beat DC by 57 runs (Guwahati)
- 12. Ravindra Jadeja - 3/20 (4) - CSK beat MI by seven wickets (Mumbai)
- 13. Rinku Singh - 48* (21) - KKR beat GT by three wickets (Ahmedabad)
- 14. Shikhar Dhawan 99* (66) - SRH beat PBKS by eight wickets (Hyderabad)
- 15. Nicholas Pooran - 62 (19) - LSG beat RCB by one wicket (Bengaluru)
- 16. Rohit Sharma 65 (45) - MI beat DC by six wickets (Delhi)
- 17. Ravichandran Ashwin - 30 (22) & 2/25 - RR beat CSK by three runs (Chennai)
- 18. Mohit Sharma - 4/18 (4) - GT beat PBKS by six wickets (Mohali)
- 19. Harry Brook - 100* (55) - SRH beat KKR by 23 runs (Kolkata)
- 20. Virat Kohli - 50 (34) - RCB beat DC by 23 runs (Bengaluru)