Virat Kohli Breaks Chris Gayle's Record To Take 2nd Position In Elite List Led By David Warner
In 408 T20 matches played so far for three teams, Virat Kohli has scored 111 fifty-plus scores.
Virat Kohli is on fire for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the ongoing 2025 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). With more than 350 runs to his name in the ongoing season, the 36-year-old right-handed batter is leading the batting charts for the Bengaluru-based franchise.
During his team's ninth league match of the ongoing season on Thursday, April 24, against Rajasthan Royals at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Kohli entered his name in the history books by breaking Chris Gayle's record of 110 fifty-plus scores in T20s.
During his 17-year-long T20 career, Gayle played 463 matches for more than a dozen teams and scored 110 fifty-plus scores. On the other hand, the half-century in the ongoing match against RR is Kohli's 111th fifty-plus score in the shortest format of the game.
Only former Australian opening batter David Warner (117 fifty-plus scores in 404 matches) has scored more 50+ scores in T20s than Kohli.
Most 50+ Scores In T20s
Kohli has scored nine centuries and 102 half-centuries in T20s.
Kohli, who won the Player of the Match award for his unbeaten 73 in the last match played against Punjab Kings in Mullanpur on April 20, crossed the 50-run mark with a four on the fourth ball of the 12th over of RCB's innings bowled by Sandeep Sharma. He needed 32 balls to score his first fifty of the ongoing IPL 2025 season in Bengaluru.
Earlier during the early phase of his innings, he also completed 3500 T20 runs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Kohli, who is the all-time leading run scorer in IPL history, has been associated with RCB in the IPL since the first season. He is the only cricketer in the world to play in all 18 editions of the IPL for the same team.
During his team's last match against PBKS, he broke David Warner's record of most 50+ scores in the IPL. Kohli, who is playing his 261st IPL match on Thursday, has 68 fifty-plus scores to his name, whereas Warner finished his career with 66 fifty-plus scores in 184 matches for Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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