IN Pics: Virat Kohli reaches 100th T20 fifty in nine-wicket win vs Rajasthan Royals

Royal Challenger Bengaluru (RCB) coasted to an easy win to register their fourth successive away in IPL 2025 season. Rajat Patidar and his men beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) by nine wickets on Sunday. The star of the show with the bat yet again was former India and RCB skipper Virat Kohli. 

Virat Kohli becomes the first Asian Player to complete 100 fifties in T20 History 🐐🤯🔥🔥😍#RRvsRCB #RCBvsRR #Cricket #CricketFever #T20Cricket #RajasthanRoyals #Thala #YashasviJaiswal #Sanjusamson #TATAIPL #PhilSalt #riyanparag #ViratKohli #IPLonJioStar pic.twitter.com/YOjaTd2pAC

— 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮🎀 (@ThecoolMahi) April 13, 2025

Virat Kohli First Asian to complete 100 Fifties in T20 History.👑#RohitSharma #ShubmanGill #ViratKohli #KLRahul #IPL2025 #MSDhoni #RCB #CSK #MI #DC #SRH pic.twitter.com/59IEqNQtTS

— Monish (@Monish09cric) April 13, 2025

RCB BEAT RR BY 9 WICKETS. 🤯

phil salt - 65 (33).
Virat kohli - 62 (45).
Padikkal - 40 (28). pic.twitter.com/t3nak5NX1I

— Being Human (@BhttDNSH100) April 13, 2025

TOP INNINGS BY VIRAT KOHLI 🔥

- Scored 62* Runs in 45 Balls against RR and played a Match Winning Innings. #RRvsRCB pic.twitter.com/UT72dAbHy7

— VIKAS (@VikasYadav69014) April 13, 2025

- 100 fifties in T20s.
- 51 hundreds in ODIs.
- 30 hundreds in Tests.

THE GREATEST ALL FORMAT PLAYER IN HISTORY - VIRAT KOHLI. 🐐#IPL #RRvsRCB #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/WqNs5MWrB6

— Fantasy Dominator (@AkhandSharma9) April 13, 2025

The 36-year-old became the first Asian batter to register 100 half-centuries in T20 cricket. Former Australian star David Warner leads the list with (108) fifties in this format of the game. Kohli, reached the mark with a huge six off Wanindu Hasaranga to put his team on the cusp of a huge win. 

It was Rajasthan Royals who batted first after Patidar won the toss. RR managed to score 173 runs from their 20 overs for the loss of four wickets. Yashasvi Jaiswal led the batting charts for RR with 75 runs from 47 balls. Riyan Parag (30) and Dhruv Jurel (35*) gave RR the much-needed impetus with the bat in the latter half of the innings 

Rajasthan Royals’ poor fielding helps RCB coast to easy win 

Phil Salt and Virat Kohli were the recipients of some shoddy fielding from RR as the duo added 92 for the first wicket. Salt played the aggressor as he went onto notch up his second half-century of the season in the eighth over of the innings. Sandeep Sharma saw three catches dropped off his bowling to endure a horrible day on the field. 

The first catch was that of Virat Kohli who was on seven when Riyan Parag put down a skier. Two balls later Salt offered a tough return catch to Sharma who couldn’t hang on to it. Yashasvi Jaiswal dropped the third catch at extra cover and also missed the chance to run-out the batter. 

Kumar Kartikeya final got the wicket of Salt in the fourth ball of the ninth over as Yashasvi Jaiswal took an easy catch. Salt was out after scoring 65 off just 33 balls with the help of five boundaries and six maximums. Virat Kohli was not out on 62 off 45 balls with Devdutt Padikkal scoring unbeaten 40 off 28 deliveries.