{"id":20086,"date":"2024-04-06T16:21:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T16:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/06\/ipl-2024-records-virat-kohli-and-faf-du-plessis-smashed-against-rajasthan-royals-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-04-06T16:21:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T16:21:31","slug":"ipl-2024-records-virat-kohli-and-faf-du-plessis-smashed-against-rajasthan-royals-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/06\/ipl-2024-records-virat-kohli-and-faf-du-plessis-smashed-against-rajasthan-royals-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2024: Records Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis smashed against Rajasthan Royals | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-109093199,imgsize-117718.cms?resize=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"IPL 2024: Records Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis smashed against Rajasthan Royals | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"IPL 2024: Records Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis smashed against Rajasthan Royals | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>NEW DELHI: With their team searching for a much-needed victory, <!-- -->Virat Kohli<!-- --> and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/faf-du-plessis\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">Faf du Plessis<\/a> rose to the occasion and smashed quite a few records in <!-- -->Royal Challengers Bengaluru<!-- -->&#8216;s match against <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/rajasthan-royals\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">Rajasthan Royals<\/a> at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday.<br \/>Put into bat by Rajasthan Royals captain <!-- -->Sanju Samson<!-- -->, <!-- -->Kohli<!-- --> and Du Plessis put up a 125-run opening stand in a brilliant display of power-hitting.<br \/>The 125-run partnership was not only the highest partnership of <!-- -->IPL 2024<!-- -->, but Kohli and du Plessis added more runs today (as a pair) than they collectively managed across the last four innings (124).<\/p>\n<p>This is the 47th century partnership for <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/royal-challengers-bangalore\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">RCB<\/a> in the IPL, well clear of the next best (38 by CSK). 15 of them have come for the opening wicket, which is bettered only by CSK (16).<br \/>The 125-run stand between Kohli and Du Plessis is the second highest 100-plus opening stand in RR vs RCB <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">IPL<\/a> matches, the highest being the unbeaten 181-run stand between Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal in 2021.<br \/>Virat Kohli is now involved in most 100-plus partnerships (28) in the IPL for any wicket. 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