Virat Kohli, the all-time leading run-scorer in the Indian Premier League and only the 2nd Indian batsman to score 8000 T20 runs, is now part of most IPL defeats in history. No other player has featured in more defeats in IPL than Kohli’s 86.
On Friday, when Virat Kohli should have been celebrating a fine 49-ball 84 and his maiden fifty in the 2019 Indian Premier League, he was left to rue some bad choices on the field and a poor performance by his bowlers under pressure from Andre Russell when Kolkata Knight Riders needed 66 runs off the last 4 overs of their 206-run chase against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Andre Russell smashed 7 sixes in a breathtaking innings to leave RCB dazed. They have now lost all their 5 matches this season even as the other teams are going from strength to strength.
Virat Kohli, who has 5110 runs from 168 IPL matches, has lost 86 matches in the tournament’s 12-year history. These are staggering numbers and most experts will struggle to explain why one of the IPL’s leading stars has failed so miserably as a captain.
Virat Kohli, who has been with RCB since the inception of the IPL, has had to endure 86 defeats with the team. Robin Uthappa of KKR has lost 85 matches while Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has been part of 81 defeats in the IPL. Dinesh Karthik, who took over as KKR captain in 2018, has been part of 79 defeats.
Leg-spinner Amit Mishra (Delhi Capitals) and AB de Villiers (RCB) have been part of 75 defeats in the IPL.
All these players, barring Virat Kohli, have played for at least two teams.
