In the 50th match of IPL 2023, Delhi Capitals (DC) and Royal Challengers Bangalore faced each other on Saturday. DC defeated RCB by 7 wickets at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. DC got the target of 182 runs. RCB’s star batsman Virat Kohli scored a half-century in the match. He played an inning of 55 runs in 46 balls with 5 fours. He touched two cool records during his career. Apart from becoming the first batsman to complete seven thousand runs in IPL, he also became the second player to score 50 fifties in the tournament. But when RCB suffered a defeat, Kohli’s embarrassing list added one more number.
Kohli is the worst in the IPL in losing the most matches as a player. He has lost the most 115 matches in the tournament as a player. He is followed by RCB wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik, who lost 113 times. Rohit Sharma of Mumbai Indians (MI) is in third place. They have lost in 107 matches. Robin Uthappa faced defeat 106 times. At the same time, Shikhar Dhawan of Punjab Kings (PBKS) and MS Dhoni of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are joint fifth on the list. Both have seen defeat 102 times as players.
Coming to the DC vs RCB match, Kohli, along with skipper Faf Duplesey (35 off 32 balls), got the team off to a good start. Both shared an 82-run partnership for the first wicket. This partnership broke in the 11th over. After this, Kohli added 55 runs for the third wicket with Mahipal Lomror (54 not out from 29 balls). Kohli became the victim of Mukesh Kumar in the 16th over. At the same time, Delhi did great batting in response. Phil Salt (87 from 45 balls, eight fours, six sixes) and Riley Rossouw (35 not out from 22 balls, one four, three sixes) tore apart the RCB bowlers. DC thrashed RCB in just 16.4 overs.
