Virat Kohli surpasses Warner's record for most IPL 50-plus scores

Virat Kohli surpasses Warner's record for most IPL 50-plus scores
20 Apr 2025

Star Indian and Royal Challengers Bengaluru(RCB) batter Virat Kohli has created a new record in the Indian Premier League (IPL) by scoring his 67th 50-plus score.

He achieved the feat during Match 37 of IPL 2025 against Punjab Kings at New Chandigarh's Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium.

With the latest half-century, Kohli has gone past David Warner's previous record of 66 such scores.

Meanwhile, Kohli's 73* in the game helped RCB accomplish the 158-run target.

Kohli aces the anchor's role
Knock

Chasing 158, RCB were off to a poor start as Arshdeep Singh dismissed Philip Salt in the opening over.

Kohli then joined impact-sub Devdutt Padikkal (61) as the duo took the game away from PBKS with a 103-run stand.

Padikkal dominated the stand with a spectacular batting. Kohli (73*) remained unbeaten till the end as RCB (159/3) prevailed in 18.5 overs.

Kohli is our Player of the Day
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Kohli's contribution was of utmost importance as the track had plenty of assistance for bowlers. After losing Salt in the opening over, he aced the anchor role as Padikkal had the licence to attack from one end. Their 103-run completely pushed the Kings out of the contest.

Kohli leads the elite list
Record

Kohli's latest achievement puts him atop the list for most 50-plus scores in IPL history.

This includes 59 fifties as his tally of eight IPL tons is also the most for any batter.

He is followed by David Warner (66), Shikhar Dhawan (53), Rohit Sharma (45), and KL Rahul (43) in this elite list.

Kohli eyes record for most IPL half-centuries
Half-centuries

Now, Kohli has set his eyes on the record for most half-centuries in IPL history.

He currently has 59 half-centuries to his name, three less than table leader Warner who has 62 IPL half-centuries.

This season's performance could see Kohli add another record to his already impressive list of achievements.

Overall in the IPL, the two-time Orange Cap winner has bagged 8,326 runs from 260 matches at 39.27 (SR: 132.26).

300-plus runs for Kohli in IPL 2025
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Kohli's brilliant innings against PBKS saw him score an unbeaten 73 off just 54 balls (7 fours, 1 six).

He is now sitting third on the IPL 2025 Orange Cap leaderboard, having raced to 322 runs from eight games at 64.4 (50s: 4).

Meanwhile, Kohli has been a run machine against PBKS.

As per ESPNcricinfo, he now owns a tally of 1,104 runs against them at an average of 36.80. This includes one century and six fifties.

101 half-centuries in T20 cricket
T20s

Kohli has completed 101 T20 fifties. He is only behind Warner (108) on this list.

Overall, Kohli has 110 fifty-plus scores in the format. His tally includes as many as nine tons.

Only three other batters own 100-plus fifty-plus scores in T20s. Kohli has raced to 13,208 runs in T20s at 41.79 (SR: 134.33).