KKR vs RCB, IPL 2021: Kohli plays 200th Indian Premier League game

Kohli is only the fifth cricketer to achieve the feat after Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina.

Published : Sep 20, 2021 19:19 IST , Kolkata

RCB captain Virat Kohli walks out during the toss.
RCB captain Virat Kohli walks out during the toss.
lightbox-info

RCB captain Virat Kohli walks out during the toss.

Virat Kohli played his 200th Indian Premier League (IPL) game on Monday when he led the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).

Kohli is only the fifth cricketer to achieve the feat after Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina. However, he is the only one to have done it while representing a single franchise.

When asked about the milestone match during the toss, Kohli said: "What's more special than the 200th game is this uniform ( the blue kit dedicated to frontline workers ). We promised that we would be playing for the Covid warriors in May. These jerseys are being auctioned for people."

 

FOLLOW |

Kohli is also only 71 runs shy of becoming just the fifth man to amass 10,000 runs in T20 cricket, behind Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Shoaib Malik and David Warner.

On Sunday, the 32-year-old announced he will be stepping down as RCB captain after this edition only two days after the BCCI said he will not be leading the Indian T20I side after the Twenty20 World Cup.

“This will be my last IPL as captain of RCB. I’ll continue to be an RCB player till I play my last IPL game. I thank all the RCB fans for believing in me and supporting me," he said.

Sign in to unlock all user benefits
  • Get notified on top games and events
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign up / manage to our newsletters with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early bird access to discounts & offers to our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide to our community guidelines for posting your comment