Virat Kohli IPL Stats Against CSK: This is how Virat Kohli has performed against Chennai Super Kings in the IPL
The Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 has started and in this season of the IPL, 10 teams are competing versus each other to get their hands onthe trophy. Like every season, this time also a total of 74 matches will be played in TATA IPL 2025. The eighth match of this season will be played today i.e. on 28 March between Chennai Super Kings Cricket Team (CSK) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Cricket Team (RCB). This match between the two teams will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai at 7.30 pm Indian time.
This season, Chennai Super Kings is led by Ruturaj Gaikwad. Whereas, the command of Royal Challengers Bangalore is on the shoulders of Rajat Patidar.
RCB started off their IPL 2025 campaign with a spectacular win over the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the opening match of the tournament. At the same time, Chennai Super Kings registered their first win this season against Mumbai Indians.
Both teams are looking in great touch ahead of their forthcoming clash versus each other and all eyes will be on the Run Machine Virat Kohli in the CSK vs RCB contest. Currently Virat is in excellent form and his performance against Chennai has also been strong. Let's take a look at Virat Kohli's performance stats against the Men in Yellow in IPL history.
This is how Virat Kohli's performance has been against CSK
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's deadly batsman Virat Kohli loves batting against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK). He played his first match against the Chennai-based team in 2008. The 36-year-old has played 33 matches against CSK. During this, he has scored a total of 1,053 runs in 32 innings with an average of 37.61 and a strike rate of 126.26.
Meanwhile, the right-handed batter has also scored nine half-centuries with a highest score of 90 not out. The last match that Bengaluru played against Chennai was in 2024 where, Virat scored 47 runs in just 29 balls.
This is how Virat Kohli has performed against the Chennai Super Kings bowlers
Virat 'The King' Kohli has a really good record versus the Chennai Super Kings bowlers. He has managed to score 157 runs in 145 deliveries versus left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja but he has been dismissed by Jadeja three times in the IPL.
He also has a great record versus Ravichandran Ashwin, having smashed 179 runs in 145 deliveries versus the veteran off-spinner and he has been dismissed only once off the bowling of Ashwin.
Talking about his record against Sam Curran, his stats have been decent as he has slammed 94 runs in 54 deliveries versus the English seamer but, he has also been dismissed twice by him.
Virat Kohli has scored more than 1000 runs against these teams
In IPL history, Virat Kohli is the only batsman to score more than 1 thousand runs against four teams. Apart from CSK, he has achieved this unique feat against Delhi Capitals (DC), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)and Punjab Kings (PBKS). In this case, David Warner and Rohit Sharma are on the second position. David Warner has achieved this feat against KKR and Punjab Kings (PBKS), while Rohit Sharma has achieved this feat against KKR and Delhi Capitals. Similarly, Shikhar Dhawan has done this feat against CSK.
Virat Kohli's performance in IPL history has been like this
Let us tell you that RCB's legendary batsman Virat Kohli is the highest run scorer in the history of IPL. The 36-year-old played his first match in the inagural edition in 2008 and In 245 innings of 253 matches in the tournament, Kohli has scored 8,063 runs at an average of 38.95.
Meanwhile, his best score has been 113 runs not out. During this period, eight centuries and 56 half-centuries have come from Virat Kohli's bat. Virat's strike rate has been 132.15.