How has Virat Kohli performed against KKR in IPL?

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is back after a near five-month break. The UAE leg of IPL 2021 got underway with arch-rivals Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings locking horns. In the first match of the second phase, CSK beat MI by 20 runs.

On September 20th, Kolkata Knight Riders will be up against Royal Challengers Bangalore. It will be the second meeting of the season between the two teams. In their first encounter of the season, RCB captain Virat Kohli was knocked over by mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy after scoring just 5 runs.

Kohli has struggled a little bit with his batting in recent times, but his team is aiming for title glory. If RCB want to go all the way, they would need some fireworks from their captain.

On that note, let's see how Kohli has performed overall against KKR in the IPL.

Kohli's numbers against KKR in the IPL

Kohli is the highest run getter for RCB against KKR in the IPL. He has scored 730 runs against KKR from 27 matches with an average of 38.42, and at a good strike rate of 129.66. Kohli has one hundred and four fifties against KKR. In terms of boundaries, he has struck 22 sixes and 62 fours so far.

Kohli's performance against top KKR bowlers

Kohli has not been able to score runs quickly against Sunil Narine. He has scored 99 runs against Narine in 94 balls, while getting out to him twice.

Kuldeep Yadav has also caused Kohli some problems in the IPL. Against Kuldeep, the RCB skipper has scored 37 runs in 35 balls faced, while losing his wicket once.

However, the spearhead of the KKR pace attack, Prasidh Krishna, has been punished heavily by Kohli so far. The 32-year old has scored 52 runs against Krishna in just 25 balls, a a splendid strike rate of 208.