There is not much difference between the Indian Premier League (IPL) and International Cricket for Virat Kohli who smashes new records at both levels. He holds major batting records for India and RCB but often comes under scrutiny for his inability to lead them to tournament wins. Kohli has been a cult figure to the Bangalore franchise since his IPL debut as he represented the Royal Challengers Bangalore in all the 12 seasons. He is the only cricketer to have played every season for the same team and is also the most paid player of the league.

Here we look at 5 unknown records that are on the name of Virat Kohli in the IPL:

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-411197" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-IPL-2013.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli IPL 2013" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-411197" class="wp-caption-text">Virat Kohli. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

Virat Kohli became the full-time captain of the RCB team in the IPL from the 2013 season. But he led them during latter half of the 2012 edition when the then skipper <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/daniel-vettori-to-not-get-paid-by-bangladesh-cricket-board-amidst-lockdown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Daniel Vettori</strong></a> went through injuries and poor bowling form. However, Kohli made his IPL captaincy debut a year before; during the 2011 season only.

Vettori was ruled out due to a knee injury which handed a new role for Kohli in the RCB team. The Virat Kohli-led RCB team took on the Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Kohli invited the home team to bat first who were limited to 146/6 in their 20 overs.

The Royals lacked acceleration after a 73-run opening stand in only 9.3 overs. Chris Gayle smashed an unbeaten 70 off 44 balls as RCB chased down the target in 17 overs for the loss of only one wicket. Virat was only 22 years and 187 days old during that match which made him the youngest captain of the IPL; a record which he still holds.

4. The only player to score 5000 IPL runs in India

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-330001" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-2.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-330001" class="wp-caption-text">Virat Kohli. (Photo: IANS)</figcaption>

Virat Kohli, with 5412 runs, stands as the leading run-getter of the IPL. But he missed out on becoming the first player to reach 5000 runs in the IPL as he failed to record a big knock in the 2019 season opener against CSK. In the same game, <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/he-was-like-the-second-coach-in-the-team-suresh-raina-reveals-which-indian-player-played-a-crucial-role-in-2011-world-cup-glory/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Suresh Raina</strong></a> reached the milestone during the 2nd innings. Raina is currently the 2nd highest run-scorer of the league with 5368 runs to his name.

However, Virat Kohli remains the only player to amass 5000 runs in the history of IPL on the Indian soil. Across 156 IPL matches in India, he aggregated 5061 runs at an average of 39.53 and a strike rate of 133.07; both are higher than his IPL career. All his five centuries and 35 of the 36 fifties he scored in IPL came during the matches held in India.

Virat batted 18 times in the IPL matches hosted by South Africa and UAE but managed to score only 1 fifty which was incidentally his maiden fifty of the league. Suresh Raina is second in this list of most runs in the IPL on Indian soil as well. The left-hander scored 4835 runs across 174 innings and is the only other player to have scored 4500+ IPL runs in India.

3. Scoring a fifty when no other batsman even reached double digits

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-251636" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-4.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-251636" class="wp-caption-text">Royal Challengers Bangalore&#8217;s Virat Kohli in action. (Photo by Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption>

The RCB faced Rising Pune Supergiant in their 10th game of the 2017 season. By that time, the Bangalore franchise had only five points under their belt with only two wins. The RCB elected to bowl first on a tricky pitch in Pune during the game played in the afternoon. Some tight bowling by the visiting side saw RPS limited to 157 in their 20 overs despite losing only three wickets.

Virat Kohli opened the batting with Travis Head but found no support from any batter. He was dismissed in the 18th over at the score of 84/9 having scored 55 runs from 48 balls with 4 fours and a maximum. RCB played out 20 overs scoring just 96 runs for the loss of 9 wickets and lost the game by 61 runs. S Aravind (8* off 6) and <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/kedar-jadhav-differentiates-between-playing-for-csk-and-rcb/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Kedar Jadhav</strong></a> (7 off 12) were the only players to hit a boundary other than Kohli during the innings.

They were also 2nd and 3rd top-scores for the RCB respectively which meant no batsman barring Virat managed to reach double digits. Thus, it became the first individual fifty in a completed IPL inning where no other batsman got to the double digits. The highest partnership for RCB in this match was only 21 runs between Kohli and ABD for the 2nd wicket. Virat alone scored 17 runs during the partnership that lasted 16 balls.

2. Winning a match as captain against 11 oppositions

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-146051" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-2017-IPL.jpg" alt="Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli reacts" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-146051" class="wp-caption-text">Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli reacts (Photo: Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption>

Virat Kohli is often under the criticism for his underwhelming record as a captain when it comes to the IPL. However, in terms of winning, he does hold a unique captaincy record in the IPL. He has led the RCB team against as many as 11 opponents thus far and his team stood on the winning side in at least one match against all those 11 teams.

In addition to the current seven rival teams, Kohli led the RCB against Deccan Chargers, Pune Warriors India, Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiant. He also won all the three matches as captain he played against the RPS team. Only two captains in the history of IPL have won a match against more than 10 different opponents. <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/gautam-gambhir-picks-rohit-sharma-over-virat-kohli-in-white-ball-cricket/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Gautam Gambhir</strong></a> won against a record total of 12 teams as captain in this league.

Captaining both Delhi and Kolkata franchises he played for helped Gambhir to top the list. Gambhir, in fact, captained against 13 different teams with the Kochi Tuskers Kerala being the 13th side. KKR lost both the matches against the Kochi team during the 2011 edition. MS Dhoni, Adam Gilchrist and Rohit Sharma are placed at 3rd spot in this list having won at least one match against ten different sides.

1. Hitting sixes on the first two balls of a match

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-250929" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-3.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-250929" class="wp-caption-text">Royal Challengers Bangalore&#8217;s Virat Kohli celebrates his half-century. (Photo by Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption>

RCB were in a do-or-die position when they hosted Rajasthan Royals in the home fixture during the 2019 season. The unpredictable Bangalore rains turned up after the visitors elected to bowl after winning the toss. The game finally began at the cut-off time with each team getting only five to play. The home team began their innings with skipper Virat Kohli and <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20-world-cup-is-something-i-dont-want-to-commit-to-at-the-moment-ab-de-villiers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>AB de Villiers</strong></a> turning up as the openers.

Varun Aaron began the proceedings for the Royals with a fuller length delivery which Virat sent over the long-off fence. Kohli tried to play the following ball over the extra-cover region but the ball flew over the third-man fence for another maximum. With those two sixes in the bowling of Varun, Virat Kohli became the first player in the history of IPL to smash sixes on the first two balls of a match.

RCB raced to 35/0 in 1.3 overs before Shreyas Gopal took a hat-trick which included wickets of both Kohli and De Villiers. RCB finished with 62/7 in the 5 overs out of which Virat scored 25 from only 7 balls. The Royals, in reply, lost their first wicket at the score of 41 in 3.2 overs. The rain return to wash out the game and eliminated RCB out of the playoffs race. RCB needed full points from this game to stay alive in the competition.

<p>There is not much difference between the Indian Premier League (IPL) and International Cricket for Virat Kohli who smashes new records at both levels. He holds major batting records for India and RCB but often comes under scrutiny for his inability to lead them to tournament wins. Kohli has been a cult figure to the Bangalore franchise since his IPL debut as he represented the Royal Challengers Bangalore in all the 12 seasons. He is the only cricketer to have played every season for the same team and is also the most paid player of the league.</p>
<h3>Here we look at 5 unknown records that are on the name of Virat Kohli in the IPL:</h3>
<h3>5. Youngest to captain a team in the IPL</h3>
<figure id="attachment_411197" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-411197" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-411197" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-IPL-2013.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli IPL 2013" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-411197" class="wp-caption-text">Virat Kohli. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Virat Kohli became the full-time captain of the RCB team in the IPL from the 2013 season. But he led them during latter half of the 2012 edition when the then skipper <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/daniel-vettori-to-not-get-paid-by-bangladesh-cricket-board-amidst-lockdown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Daniel Vettori</strong></a> went through injuries and poor bowling form. However, Kohli made his IPL captaincy debut a year before; during the 2011 season only.</p>
<p>Vettori was ruled out due to a knee injury which handed a new role for Kohli in the RCB team. The Virat Kohli-led RCB team took on the Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Kohli invited the home team to bat first who were limited to 146/6 in their 20 overs.</p>
<p>The Royals lacked acceleration after a 73-run opening stand in only 9.3 overs. Chris Gayle smashed an unbeaten 70 off 44 balls as RCB chased down the target in 17 overs for the loss of only one wicket. Virat was only 22 years and 187 days old during that match which made him the youngest captain of the IPL; a record which he still holds.</p>
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<h3>4. The only player to score 5000 IPL runs in India</h3>
<figure id="attachment_330001" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-330001" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-330001" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-2.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-330001" class="wp-caption-text">Virat Kohli. (Photo: IANS)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Virat Kohli, with 5412 runs, stands as the leading run-getter of the IPL. But he missed out on becoming the first player to reach 5000 runs in the IPL as he failed to record a big knock in the 2019 season opener against CSK. In the same game, <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/he-was-like-the-second-coach-in-the-team-suresh-raina-reveals-which-indian-player-played-a-crucial-role-in-2011-world-cup-glory/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Suresh Raina</strong></a> reached the milestone during the 2nd innings. Raina is currently the 2nd highest run-scorer of the league with 5368 runs to his name.</p>
<p>However, Virat Kohli remains the only player to amass 5000 runs in the history of IPL on the Indian soil. Across 156 IPL matches in India, he aggregated 5061 runs at an average of 39.53 and a strike rate of 133.07; both are higher than his IPL career. All his five centuries and 35 of the 36 fifties he scored in IPL came during the matches held in India.</p>
<p>Virat batted 18 times in the IPL matches hosted by South Africa and UAE but managed to score only 1 fifty which was incidentally his maiden fifty of the league. Suresh Raina is second in this list of most runs in the IPL on Indian soil as well. The left-hander scored 4835 runs across 174 innings and is the only other player to have scored 4500+ IPL runs in India.</p>
<p></p>
<h3>3. Scoring a fifty when no other batsman even reached double digits</h3>
<figure id="attachment_251636" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-251636" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-251636" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-4.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-251636" class="wp-caption-text">Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Virat Kohli in action. (Photo by Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The RCB faced Rising Pune Supergiant in their 10th game of the 2017 season. By that time, the Bangalore franchise had only five points under their belt with only two wins. The RCB elected to bowl first on a tricky pitch in Pune during the game played in the afternoon. Some tight bowling by the visiting side saw RPS limited to 157 in their 20 overs despite losing only three wickets.</p>
<p>Virat Kohli opened the batting with Travis Head but found no support from any batter. He was dismissed in the 18th over at the score of 84/9 having scored 55 runs from 48 balls with 4 fours and a maximum. RCB played out 20 overs scoring just 96 runs for the loss of 9 wickets and lost the game by 61 runs. S Aravind (8* off 6) and <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/kedar-jadhav-differentiates-between-playing-for-csk-and-rcb/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Kedar Jadhav</strong></a> (7 off 12) were the only players to hit a boundary other than Kohli during the innings.</p>
<p>They were also 2nd and 3rd top-scores for the RCB respectively which meant no batsman barring Virat managed to reach double digits. Thus, it became the first individual fifty in a completed IPL inning where no other batsman got to the double digits. The highest partnership for RCB in this match was only 21 runs between Kohli and ABD for the 2nd wicket. Virat alone scored 17 runs during the partnership that lasted 16 balls.</p>
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<h3>2. Winning a match as captain against 11 oppositions</h3>
<figure id="attachment_146051" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-146051" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-146051" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-2017-IPL.jpg" alt="Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli reacts" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-146051" class="wp-caption-text">Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli reacts (Photo: Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Virat Kohli is often under the criticism for his underwhelming record as a captain when it comes to the IPL. However, in terms of winning, he does hold a unique captaincy record in the IPL. He has led the RCB team against as many as 11 opponents thus far and his team stood on the winning side in at least one match against all those 11 teams.</p>
<p>In addition to the current seven rival teams, Kohli led the RCB against Deccan Chargers, Pune Warriors India, Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiant. He also won all the three matches as captain he played against the RPS team. Only two captains in the history of IPL have won a match against more than 10 different opponents. <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/gautam-gambhir-picks-rohit-sharma-over-virat-kohli-in-white-ball-cricket/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Gautam Gambhir</strong></a> won against a record total of 12 teams as captain in this league.</p>
<p>Captaining both Delhi and Kolkata franchises he played for helped Gambhir to top the list. Gambhir, in fact, captained against 13 different teams with the Kochi Tuskers Kerala being the 13th side. KKR lost both the matches against the Kochi team during the 2011 edition. MS Dhoni, Adam Gilchrist and Rohit Sharma are placed at 3rd spot in this list having won at least one match against ten different sides.</p>
<p></p>
<h3>1. Hitting sixes on the first two balls of a match</h3>
<figure id="attachment_250929" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-250929" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-250929" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-3.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-250929" class="wp-caption-text">Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Virat Kohli celebrates his half-century. (Photo by Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption></figure>
<p>RCB were in a do-or-die position when they hosted Rajasthan Royals in the home fixture during the 2019 season. The unpredictable Bangalore rains turned up after the visitors elected to bowl after winning the toss. The game finally began at the cut-off time with each team getting only five to play. The home team began their innings with skipper Virat Kohli and <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20-world-cup-is-something-i-dont-want-to-commit-to-at-the-moment-ab-de-villiers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>AB de Villiers</strong></a> turning up as the openers.</p>
<p>Varun Aaron began the proceedings for the Royals with a fuller length delivery which Virat sent over the long-off fence. Kohli tried to play the following ball over the extra-cover region but the ball flew over the third-man fence for another maximum. With those two sixes in the bowling of Varun, Virat Kohli became the first player in the history of IPL to smash sixes on the first two balls of a match.</p>
<p>RCB raced to 35/0 in 1.3 overs before Shreyas Gopal took a hat-trick which included wickets of both Kohli and De Villiers. RCB finished with 62/7 in the 5 overs out of which Virat scored 25 from only 7 balls. The Royals, in reply, lost their first wicket at the score of 41 in 3.2 overs. The rain return to wash out the game and eliminated RCB out of the playoffs race. RCB needed full points from this game to stay alive in the competition.</p>

<p>There is not much difference between the Indian Premier League (IPL) and International Cricket for Virat Kohli who smashes new records at both levels. He holds major batting records for India and RCB but often comes under scrutiny for his inability to lead them to tournament wins. Kohli has been a cult figure to the Bangalore franchise since his IPL debut as he represented the Royal Challengers Bangalore in all the 12 seasons. He is the only cricketer to have played every season for the same team and is also the most paid player of the league.</p>
<h3>Here we look at 5 unknown records that are on the name of Virat Kohli in the IPL:</h3>
<h3>5. Youngest to captain a team in the IPL</h3>
<figure id="attachment_411197" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-411197" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-411197" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-IPL-2013.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli IPL 2013" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-411197" class="wp-caption-text">Virat Kohli. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Virat Kohli became the full-time captain of the RCB team in the IPL from the 2013 season. But he led them during latter half of the 2012 edition when the then skipper <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/daniel-vettori-to-not-get-paid-by-bangladesh-cricket-board-amidst-lockdown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Daniel Vettori</strong></a> went through injuries and poor bowling form. However, Kohli made his IPL captaincy debut a year before; during the 2011 season only.</p>
<p>Vettori was ruled out due to a knee injury which handed a new role for Kohli in the RCB team. The Virat Kohli-led RCB team took on the Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Kohli invited the home team to bat first who were limited to 146/6 in their 20 overs.</p>
<p>The Royals lacked acceleration after a 73-run opening stand in only 9.3 overs. Chris Gayle smashed an unbeaten 70 off 44 balls as RCB chased down the target in 17 overs for the loss of only one wicket. Virat was only 22 years and 187 days old during that match which made him the youngest captain of the IPL; a record which he still holds.</p>
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<h3>4. The only player to score 5000 IPL runs in India</h3>
<figure id="attachment_330001" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-330001" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-330001" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-2.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-330001" class="wp-caption-text">Virat Kohli. (Photo: IANS)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Virat Kohli, with 5412 runs, stands as the leading run-getter of the IPL. But he missed out on becoming the first player to reach 5000 runs in the IPL as he failed to record a big knock in the 2019 season opener against CSK. In the same game, <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/he-was-like-the-second-coach-in-the-team-suresh-raina-reveals-which-indian-player-played-a-crucial-role-in-2011-world-cup-glory/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Suresh Raina</strong></a> reached the milestone during the 2nd innings. Raina is currently the 2nd highest run-scorer of the league with 5368 runs to his name.</p>
<p>However, Virat Kohli remains the only player to amass 5000 runs in the history of IPL on the Indian soil. Across 156 IPL matches in India, he aggregated 5061 runs at an average of 39.53 and a strike rate of 133.07; both are higher than his IPL career. All his five centuries and 35 of the 36 fifties he scored in IPL came during the matches held in India.</p>
<p>Virat batted 18 times in the IPL matches hosted by South Africa and UAE but managed to score only 1 fifty which was incidentally his maiden fifty of the league. Suresh Raina is second in this list of most runs in the IPL on Indian soil as well. The left-hander scored 4835 runs across 174 innings and is the only other player to have scored 4500+ IPL runs in India.</p>
<p></p>
<h3>3. Scoring a fifty when no other batsman even reached double digits</h3>
<figure id="attachment_251636" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-251636" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-251636" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-4.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-251636" class="wp-caption-text">Royal Challengers Bangalore&#8217;s Virat Kohli in action. (Photo by Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The RCB faced Rising Pune Supergiant in their 10th game of the 2017 season. By that time, the Bangalore franchise had only five points under their belt with only two wins. The RCB elected to bowl first on a tricky pitch in Pune during the game played in the afternoon. Some tight bowling by the visiting side saw RPS limited to 157 in their 20 overs despite losing only three wickets.</p>
<p>Virat Kohli opened the batting with Travis Head but found no support from any batter. He was dismissed in the 18th over at the score of 84/9 having scored 55 runs from 48 balls with 4 fours and a maximum. RCB played out 20 overs scoring just 96 runs for the loss of 9 wickets and lost the game by 61 runs. S Aravind (8* off 6) and <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/kedar-jadhav-differentiates-between-playing-for-csk-and-rcb/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Kedar Jadhav</strong></a> (7 off 12) were the only players to hit a boundary other than Kohli during the innings.</p>
<p>They were also 2nd and 3rd top-scores for the RCB respectively which meant no batsman barring Virat managed to reach double digits. Thus, it became the first individual fifty in a completed IPL inning where no other batsman got to the double digits. The highest partnership for RCB in this match was only 21 runs between Kohli and ABD for the 2nd wicket. Virat alone scored 17 runs during the partnership that lasted 16 balls.</p>
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<h3>2. Winning a match as captain against 11 oppositions</h3>
<figure id="attachment_146051" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-146051" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-146051" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-2017-IPL.jpg" alt="Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli reacts" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-146051" class="wp-caption-text">Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli reacts (Photo: Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Virat Kohli is often under the criticism for his underwhelming record as a captain when it comes to the IPL. However, in terms of winning, he does hold a unique captaincy record in the IPL. He has led the RCB team against as many as 11 opponents thus far and his team stood on the winning side in at least one match against all those 11 teams.</p>
<p>In addition to the current seven rival teams, Kohli led the RCB against Deccan Chargers, Pune Warriors India, Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiant. He also won all the three matches as captain he played against the RPS team. Only two captains in the history of IPL have won a match against more than 10 different opponents. <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/gautam-gambhir-picks-rohit-sharma-over-virat-kohli-in-white-ball-cricket/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Gautam Gambhir</strong></a> won against a record total of 12 teams as captain in this league.</p>
<p>Captaining both Delhi and Kolkata franchises he played for helped Gambhir to top the list. Gambhir, in fact, captained against 13 different teams with the Kochi Tuskers Kerala being the 13th side. KKR lost both the matches against the Kochi team during the 2011 edition. MS Dhoni, Adam Gilchrist and Rohit Sharma are placed at 3rd spot in this list having won at least one match against ten different sides.</p>
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<h3>1. Hitting sixes on the first two balls of a match</h3>
<figure id="attachment_250929" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-250929" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-250929" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-3.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-250929" class="wp-caption-text">Royal Challengers Bangalore&#8217;s Virat Kohli celebrates his half-century. (Photo by Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption></figure>
<p>RCB were in a do-or-die position when they hosted Rajasthan Royals in the home fixture during the 2019 season. The unpredictable Bangalore rains turned up after the visitors elected to bowl after winning the toss. The game finally began at the cut-off time with each team getting only five to play. The home team began their innings with skipper Virat Kohli and <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20-world-cup-is-something-i-dont-want-to-commit-to-at-the-moment-ab-de-villiers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>AB de Villiers</strong></a> turning up as the openers.</p>
<p>Varun Aaron began the proceedings for the Royals with a fuller length delivery which Virat sent over the long-off fence. Kohli tried to play the following ball over the extra-cover region but the ball flew over the third-man fence for another maximum. With those two sixes in the bowling of Varun, Virat Kohli became the first player in the history of IPL to smash sixes on the first two balls of a match.</p>
<p>RCB raced to 35/0 in 1.3 overs before Shreyas Gopal took a hat-trick which included wickets of both Kohli and De Villiers. RCB finished with 62/7 in the 5 overs out of which Virat scored 25 from only 7 balls. The Royals, in reply, lost their first wicket at the score of 41 in 3.2 overs. The rain return to wash out the game and eliminated RCB out of the playoffs race. RCB needed full points from this game to stay alive in the competition.</p>

Here we look at 5 unknown records that are on the name of Virat Kohli in the IPL.

5 Lesser known records held by Virat Kohli in the IPL

There is not much difference between the Indian Premier League (IPL) and International Cricket for Virat Kohli who smashes new records at both levels.