Virat Kohli's 5 best innings in 2016

#2 113 vs KXIP, Bengaluru

Neither a fifteen over a side contest, nor an injured hand, could stop Virat Kohli from conjuring a fourth hundred in the IPL, in the fiftieth match of this edition against the Kings XI Punjab. Opening the innings in a truncated match, Kohli and Gayle went berserk, carting the bowlers all over the park without even a semblance of relent.

For Gayle, even mishits were sailing over the ropes, while Kohli was picking and choosing his gaps, although the latter maintained his penchant for scoring on the off-side with delightfully crafted lofted cover drives.

Virat Kohli required stitches on his injured left hand (Picture credits: BCCI)

While Gayle lost steam and departed after 73, Kohli continued his belligerent innings, taking the team’s total to an unsurpassable score. The spinners KC Cariappa and Axar Patel were smothered to bits by the duo, while the South African pacer Kyle Abbott was brushed aside.

He ended up on 113 from 50 balls, engineering the Bangalore franchise to an astounding score of 211 in just 90 balls.

Kohli has split the webbing of his left hand while fielding in the previous match against the Gujarat Lions, requiring multiple stitches and a heavy roll of bandage to protect the hand. He played through the discomfort and pain, the celebration showing how much the knock mattered to him.

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