Virat Kohli and Phil Salt just needed one game together as an opening duo to record the second-highest powerplay total in RCB history on March 22 (Saturday) against the Kolkata Knight Riders. In the powerplay, the pair scored an incredible 80 runs, which is also the highest total ever achieved by Royal Challengers Bengaluru when they have lost no wickets.
IPL 92/1, Royal Challengers Bengaluru highest powerplay total against GT, Bengaluru, 2024
KKR, Kolkata, 80/0, 2025*
KTK 79/1, Bengaluru, 2011
Bengaluru, 79/0 vs. SRH, 2024
75/2 against Bengaluru’s CSK, 2023
The franchise’s record for most runs on the powerplay is still RCB’s 92/1 victory over Gujarat Titans in the 2024 Indian Premier League. After Faf du Plessis’ 88 against the Punjab Kings in 2022, the right-hander is the seventh Royal Challengers Bengaluru rookie to reach fifty.
The majority of RCB’s powerplay boundaries in IPL 17 against GT, Bengaluru, 2024
Bengaluru, 15 vs. SRH, 2024
14 vs. Kolkata, KKR, 2025*
13 versus Kochi’s KTK, 2011
By the way, Royal Challengers Bengaluru had the third-highest number of boundaries in IPL history—14—within the powerplay. It is the reason behind Royal Challengers Bengaluru actions against GT (17) and SRH (15).
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