{"id":20224,"date":"2024-04-06T21:31:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T21:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/06\/virat-kohli-fires-record-extending-8th-ipl-ton-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-04-06T21:31:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T21:31:41","slug":"virat-kohli-fires-record-extending-8th-ipl-ton-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/06\/virat-kohli-fires-record-extending-8th-ipl-ton-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli fires record-extending 8th IPL ton | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-109093404,imgsize-54484.cms?resize=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Virat Kohli fires record-extending 8th IPL ton | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Virat Kohli fires record-extending 8th IPL ton | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>NEW DELHI: Star Royal Challengers Bengaluru opener <!-- -->Virat Kohli<!-- --> produced an absolute masterclass on Saturday, firing a record-extending 8th Indian Premier League ton in the clash against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur on Saturday. <br \/>In a scintillating display of strokeplay and improvisation, Kohli struck a 67-ball century, which was the first of the 2024 edition of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Kohli went on to score an unbeaten 113, lifting RCB to a solid 183 for three at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. <br \/>Cracking 12 fours and four sixes during his stay in the middle, Kohli played a near-perfect knock delighting a packed-house stadium. <br \/>Kohli knock came at a strike rate of over 156 as it was also his first century against the Royals.<\/p>\n<p>The ton was Kohli&#8217;s 9th in T20 cricket. However Kohli century was also the joint-slowest <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">IPL<\/a> tons alongside <!-- -->Manish Pandey<!-- -->&#8216;s (67 balls). <br \/>The century also took Kohli to the third spot on the list of cricketers with most hundreds in men\u2019s T20 cricket after Chris Gayle<!-- --> (22) and Babar Azam (11). <br \/>&#8220;The wicket looks quite different from the outside. It feels like it&#8217;s flat, but the ball is holding up in the pitch, that&#8217;s when you realise the pace changes. One of us (Virat or Faf) had to bat till the end. I feel this total is effective on this pitch. I am not coming in with any premeditation. I knew I couldn&#8217;t get over aggressive, just that I had to keep the bowlers guessing. It&#8217;s just experience and maturity of playing the conditions. Even if there&#8217;s dew, the surface is rough and dry, won&#8217;t be easy for the batters,&#8221; Kohli said after hitting an unbeaten 72-ball 113. <br \/>Earlier, Kohli also became the first batter ever to score 7,500 runs in IPL.<\/p>\n<p>With 316 runs in 5 matches, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-orange-cap-winner\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">Kohli is currently the top run-scorer in this year&#8217;s edition of the tournament<\/a>.<br \/>Kohli has hit 2 fifties an a ton this season so far.<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n          var s = document.createElement('script');\n          s.src=\"https:\/\/survey.survicate.com\/workspaces\/0be6ae9845d14a7c8ff08a7a00bd9b21\/web_surveys.js\";\n          s.async = true;\n          var e = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n          e.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e);\n        })(window);\n      }\n    }\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n        loadSurvicateJs(f.toiplus_site_settings.allowedSurvicateSections);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/vsp1jarvispvt.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n            loadSurvicateJs(config?.allowedSurvicateSections);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/virat-kohli-fires-record-extending-8th-ipl-ton\/articleshow\/109093411.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Star Royal Challengers Bengaluru opener Virat Kohli produced an absolute masterclass on Saturday, firing a record-extending 8th Indian Premier League ton in the clash against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur on Saturday. 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