2024-04-12 18:20:27
New Delhi: Virat Kohli scored a century in the last match against Rajasthan Royals, despite this his team could not win the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) match. Some critics also considered Virat Kohli’s strike rate largely responsible for this defeat. Virat had scored a century on 67 balls, which was the joint slowest century in IPL history. However, if we look at the scorecard of RCB, it becomes clear that Virat had scored the maximum runs for his team in that match with a strike rate of 156.94. The second highest innings in the match was of captain Faf Duplessis who scored 44 runs at a strikerate of 133.33.Rohit is giving a fast start
The next day of this match, Mumbai Indians faced Delhi Capitals in which Rohit Sharma laid the foundation of the team’s first victory by playing an inning of 49 runs in 27 balls. With this, once again the fans of these two greats of Team India clashed in a debate on social media regarding the importance of big innings and strikerate. Now today, when both these senior players will come on the field to play against each other, it is natural that the strike rate will be discussed the most. Virat, who is leading among the batsmen who scored the most runs in the tournament with 316 runs, has a strike rate of 146.29, while Rohit has so far scored runs at an attractive strike rate of 171.01. However, he is not even included in the top 20 in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs.
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Virat ahead in boundary meters
Even though questions are being raised on Virat’s strike rate, apart from scoring runs, he is also far ahead in terms of hitting boundaries. Among the batsmen who have played more than 100 balls till Tuesday, Virat has hit the maximum number of 29 fours, while Nicholas Pooran has hit the maximum number of 15 sixes. After Puran, Virat and Riyan Parag have 12 sixes each. Rohit, popularly known as Hitman, has so far hit only seven sixes and 14 fours.
Search for winning combination
Five-time champions Mumbai Indians have achieved their first win of the season under the leadership of their new captain Hardik Pandya after three consecutive defeats and their confidence on their ground will be doubled. On the other hand, despite Virat’s contribution, his team is losing, the major reason behind which is the failure of other players. RCB has failed to make a winning combination so far this season. England’s hard-hitting batsman Will Jacques is still on the bench but it is expected that he will be included in the eleven against Mumbai and play an innings that can change the fortunes of the team.
Virat Kohli became the first centuryman of the 17th season of IPL, created havoc against Rajasthan.
so far in ipl 2024
- Rohit Sharma: 118 runs, 69 balls, 14 fours, 7 sixes, 3.29 balls/boundary
- Virat Kohli: 316 runs, 216 balls, 29 fours, 12 sixes, 5.27 balls/boundary
Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Head to Head
- total matches 32
- mumbai won 18
- Bengaluru won 14
numbers game
Mumbai Indians have bowled 44 maiden overs, which is the highest in the IPL so far. RCB is joint second with CSK in this list with 40 maidens.