He is very intelligent, hard working Indian Cricketer cum athlete playing for India from many years. He is just 27 and have achieved a lot.Just before the tournament, Kohli has played Asia Cup T20 2016 where he batted and he was leading run scorer from Indian squad, scored 154 runs in just 4 innings. After that in World T20 2016 he was selected as Man of the tournament scored 273 runs in just 5 innings with an amazing average of 136.50 and now in the IPL he has smashed all the past records. He has created all new level of cricket and set an example for the youngster.

Here is the Virat Kohli records created in the IPL 2016 :-

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Indain Premier League a grand cricket carnival has been started from 9th April 2016 and now reached into the second round. Total 56 league matches will be played and the team manage to get in top four will qualify to the Play-offs of the IPL 9. T20 Cricket is known for the big shots and runs. Batsman score runs with a higher strike rate. Cricket fans loves to watch this format of game due to rapid fire action and with in 3-4 hours a T20 game concludes which makes this format more popular than others. Cricket fans want to know different stats of the tournament and here at cricket99 we are collecting all the data and publish for our viewer. You can find such interesting stats in the end of the article.

Here is the list batsman with Most Fifties in IPL 2016 with their Highest individual score :-

Update: David Warner scored nine 50s in this season and is on the top of the list.

	Player	Inns	50s	Highest Score
	David Warner	17	9	93*
	Virat Kohli	16	7	113
	AB de Villiers	16	6	129*
	Ajinkya Rahane	14	6	74
	Rohit Sharma	14	5	85*
	Gautam Gambhir	15	5	90*
	Murali Vijay	14	5	89
	Aaron Finch	12	5	74
	Shikhar Dhawan	17	4	82*
	Lokesh Rahul	12	4	68*

Batsman with most Hundred in IPL 2016:-

	Player	Inns	hundred	Highest Score
	Virat Kohli (RCB)	15	4	113
	Quinton de Kock (DD)	13	1	108
	Steven Smith (RPS)	7	1	101
	AB de Villiers (RCB)	15	1	129*

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Shane Watson and AB de Villiers got out early and in 7.4 overs RCB was 59/2 But KL Rahul who is included in the playing XI at the last moment stand with the captain and scored his first half century of the tournament. He scored 51 runs on just 35 balls with 3 sixes and 4 fours remained not out. At the end of 20 overs RCB putted 180 runs on the board at the loss of 2 wickets and now Gujarat Lions needed 181 runs to win the match in 20 overs.

Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith gave the good start to their team. Every batsman contributed to the team total and Dwayne Bravo smashed a winning four for the team. In 19.3 overs GL chased down 181 runs target and won the match by 6 wickets. Kohli is selected as the man of the match. You can Check full scorecard of GL vs RCB match here.

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Here is the Virat Kohli’s 100 runs innings video of IPL 2016 against Gujarat Lions:-

1. Follow the link (video removed by IPLt20 )and enjoy the full innings of Virat Kohli’s hundred against Gujarat Lions.

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Earlier Today Australia won the toss and captain Steven Smith opt to bat first. Both the openers Aaron Finch and Khawaja wonderful start to their team scored 50 plus runs in just 4 overs but Ashish Nehra strike one more time for his team in the form of Khawaja and from there no one batsman scored much run for the Aussies. David Warner scored only 6 runs and smith only 2 runs. Then Glenn Maxwell took forward the score of their team with Shane watson. In 20 overs Australia scored 160/6 , which is a great come back from Man in blues. Now India need 161 runs to win this match.

Again Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan got out early and at the end of the power play IND scored only 37 on the loss of 2 wickets. Both the openers are back in the pavilion, but Kohli stayed on the crease and played sensibly along with Yuvaj singh. Suresh Raina again thrown his wicket after just scoring 10 runs. Despite of injury in the leg Yuvraj stayed with Kohli on the crease and added some important runs for India. Yuvee added handy 21 runs in 18 balls and got out on a ball of Faulkner. Now Captain cools came onto the crease and converted singles into doubles and Kohli stunning 82 runs made on 51 balls made India won the match against Australia with 5 balls remaining, snatched ticket to the semi-final of T20 World cup 2016.

So the hero of this Ind vs Australia match is selected as Virat Kohli and now India will take on to the West Indies on 31 March at Wankhede, Mumbai.

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Today on 19th March 2016 just before the match rain delayed first and it was decided that it will be of 18 overs match. MS Dhoni won the toss earlier and decided to bowl first. It was a turning track and both the Indian spinners R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja done their job today. No Pakistani batsman was able to hit big shots against them. Sharjeel Khan and Ahmed Shehzad gave a steady but slow start to their team, score 17 runs on 24 balls and 25 runs on 28 balls respectively. On score of 48 they lost both their openers. Captain Shahid Afridi also not done well and got out scoring 8 runs on 16 balls then Umar Akmal and Soaib Malik batted sensibly and took pakistan to a score to 118/5 runs in 18 overs.

For India, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan came to open the innings but both the batsman lost their wicket early. Then Suresh Raina got out on a duck on his first ball. On a score of 23 India lost 3 wickets. Then Yuvraj Singh came on the crease and build a partnership with the great Virat Kohli and took India nearer to the total. Both the batsman made a partnership of 61 runs. Yuvraj got out scoring handy 24 runs on 23 runs with 1 six and 1 four. Then Virat Kohli completed his fifty and with Dhoni big six India levels the score and on next ball with a single India beat Pakistan again in the T20 World Cup and now on the 3rd position in the points table.

Virat Kohli is selected as man of the match for his not out 55 runs on just 37 balls with 7 fours and 1 six. Hope you all enjoyed the match. Check scorecard of the match here and stay tune with us for all cricket updates.

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Now the battle for final match is between the other 3 teams Pakistan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka. If Bangladesh win today’s match against Pakistan then they will play the final with Indian team else the fight will still continues. If Pakistan want to remain in the tournament they have to won the match against the tigers. Sri lanka has very less chances since they have won only 1 match out of three and on the no. 3 position in the points table. Only one match is remaining for them where they have to win the match with a big difference so that they have high net run rate and can compete if a situation came where the 3 teams having equal 4 points which is possible.

In India vs Sri Lanka match, India won the toss and elected to bat first where SL scored 138 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. No one scored much run from their team, CK Kapugedera scored 30 runs which was highest from their innings. Indian side lost their early wickets in the form of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan at 16/2 in 3.2 over. But great Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina played sensibly and take team score forward. At score of 70 Raina also got out. This time a different Yuvraj singh came onto the crease and played some rocket shots. He made 35 runs in just 18 balls with 3 sixes and 3 fours. Kohli made 57* runs and remained unbeaten. In 19.2 over India won the match ( 142/5 ) and became the first finalist of Asia cup 2016.

Coolest player of the Match award was given to Yuvraj Singh and Man of the match to Virat Kohli & he is also on 2nd position in the leading run scorer List of the tournament.

So who will be the 2nd Finalist of Asia cup 2016 ?

Update : Bangladesh became the second finalist and it will be India vs Bangladesh in Asia Cup Final.

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Total 5 team are participating in the tournament India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (Defending Champion) , Bangladesh (host) and the team from the qualifier round United Arab Emirates. The tournament is started from 24th February 2016 with India vs Bangladesh match where India defeated Bangladesh. Rohit Sharma was the batsman who scored 83 runs in the match which is the highest individual score in this Asia cup 2016 so far.

Each team will play 4 league matches and the team which will maintain themselves in the top two position in the Asia cup points table will play the grand Finale of the tournament. Now India is on the top of the points table with 4 points followed by Sri Lanka with 2 points.

Here is the List of Top 5 Batsman, leading run scorer of the Asia cup 2016 with Highest Individual score :-

	Batsman	Total Run Scored	Innings	Average	Highest Individual
	Sabbir Rahman (Bangladesh)	176	5	36.00	80 vs Sri Lanka
	Virat Kohli (India)	154	4	56.50	56* vs Sri Lanka
	Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka)	149	4	37.25	58 vs pakistan
	Rohit Sharma (India)	138	5	27.60	83 vs Ban
	Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)	132	4	44.00	75* vs Pak
	Mahmudullah (Bangladesh)	121	5	88.00	36* vs UAE
	Sarfraz Ahmed (Pakistan)	121	4	60.50	58* vs Ban
	Shoaib Malik (Pakistan)	121	4	60.50	63* vs UAE
	Umar Akmal	105	4	35.00	50* vs UAE
	Shaiman Anwar (UAE)	103	4	25.75	46 vs Pakistan
	Soumya Sarkar (Bangladesh)	94	5	18.80	48 v s Pak
	Yuvraj Singh (India)	89	4	44.50	35 vs SL

Also check : Leading Wicket Taker of Asia cup 2016

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Virat Kohli Debut in ODI cricket in India v Sri Lanka match at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, on August 18, 2008 and played his first T20 match for India on June 12, 2010 against  Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, Harare. It took one more year to Kohli for his first test match debut against West Indies at Sabina Park, Kingston on June 20, 2011 .

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Virat Kohli is one of the most successful Indian batsman. He is also the part of Indian cricket team in ODI Cricket World cup 2011. He is awarded by ICC ODI Player of the Year in 2012 ,BCCI International Cricketer of the year for 2011-12 and 2014-15. He is also awarded by Arjuna Award in 2013. He holds no. 1 position in ICC Rankings two times. Currently he is on 2nd position in ICC batsman Cricket Ranking . ( updated on 7 ,January 2015 )

In 2012, Virat Kohli selected as vice captain of Indian team for all formats of game and after the retirement of Mahendra Singh Dhoni from test Cricket in 2014, Virat Kohli became the test team Captain. He is the batsman who scored fastest 5000 and 7000 runs in ODI. He is on second position after Sachin Tendulkar in the Most Century in ODI Table for India.

	Virat Kohli
	Full Name	Virat Kohli
	Date Of Birth	November 5, 1988, Delhi
	Major Teams	India, Delhi, India Red, India Under-19s, Royal Challengers Bangalore
	Batting Style	Right-hand bat
	Bowling Style	Right-arm medium

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