NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru star batter Virat Kohli was welcomed with chants of his name when he stepped onto the field to open the batting against Mumbai Indians in an away game at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
But little did the crowd know that the former RCB skipper was about to endure his rare failure of the IPL 2024 as MI's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah had him caught behind for just 3 off 9 balls.
However, when you look at the statistics of face-offs between Bumrah and Virat before this match, it is the batter who has the upper hand. Virat has faced 92 balls from Bumrah, scoring 140 runs on them at an average of 35.00 and a strike rate of 152.17.
He has hit 15 fours and five sixes against Bumrah and played 33 dots against him.
Bumrah has dismissed Virat four times out of the 15 times they locked horns with each other.
Both are also all-time greats of the IPL.
In 242 IPL matches, Virat has scored 7,579 runs at an average of 38.27 and a strike rate of over 130. He has scored eight centuries and 52 fifties, with the best score of 113*. He is the all-time greatest run-getter in the IPL.
Virat is the leading run-scorer in the IPL 2024, scoring 319 runs in six matches at an average of 106.33 and a strike rate of over 143.69, with a century and two fifties. His best score is 113*.
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