"67 balls" Fans react as Virat Kohli scores slowest ever IPL century

Published at :April 6, 2024 at 9:44 PM

Modified at :April 6, 2024 at 9:46 PM

Virat Kohli smashed his eighth ton in the IPL.

Legendary batter Virat Kohli became the first batter to smash a century in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season. Kohli achieved this feat during the match No. 19 between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on April 6.

After losing the toss and being asked to bat first, RCB started on a good note as openers Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis added a 125-run stand for the opening wicket. Kohli converted his start into a big score as he brought up his first century of the season and eighth overall.

Kohli took 67 balls to reach his century and then finished his innings at 113 off 72 deliveries including 12 fours and four sixes. However, during his stay at the wicket, Kohli achieved an unwanted record. He equaled Manish Pandey’s unwanted record for the slowest ever IPL century. Pandey had scored a 67-ball century in IPL 2009 while playing for RCB against Deccan Chargers.

Following Virat Kohli’s knock in the match, some have praised the Run Machine for scoring heavy load of runs, but some have criticised the way he batted and took too many balls to reach his century.

Here are some of the twitter reactions after Virat Kohli’s slowest century in IPL

Slowest 100 in IPL History @imVkohli 🤡 pic.twitter.com/kMC7Wipta3
— Dhoni Tharane 5️⃣ 🦁 (@Tharane__Talks) April 6, 2024

Congratulations Virat kholi on the slowest 💯 in the history of IPL#RRvRCB #IPL2024
— Junaid khan (@JunaidkhanREAL) April 6, 2024

Rohit Sharma in Odi Wc – 100 in 63 ballsSelfish Virat Kohli in IPL – 100 in 67 ballsThis slowest 100 of chokl is now darkest black spot on the T20 cricket ! pic.twitter.com/9agSmjvaFQ
— 𝗔𝘆𝘂𝘀𝗵 🇮🇳 (@RofiedAyush) April 6, 2024

https://twitter.com/ImHydro45/status/1776641590662214004

Slowest 100 in history of IPL . This 100 shouldn't be celebrated at all .
— Slog Sweep-189 (@SloggSweep) April 6, 2024

Slowest 100 in IPL 3 100's in Top 10 Slowest list King @imVkohli , what a player 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
— Cillian (@John_H__Watson) April 6, 2024

Virat Kohli’s 100 off 67 balls is the slowest ever hundred in IPL on Indian soil and the joint-slowest overall, equaling Manish Pandey who also took 67 balls for RCB against Deccan Chargers in Centurion in 2009. #IPL
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) April 6, 2024

I wouldnt troll the 100, obviously it was a 100, but wtf bro? They were playing singles in 19th over so that Kohli scores century. That was very selfish man. Eitherways anything 190 plus is a good score.
— 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐨 (@SergioCSKK) April 6, 2024

Slowest Century in IPL67 balls – Virat Kohli* ( 2024 ) 67 balls – Manish Pandey66 balls – Jos Buttler66 balls – Sachin Tendulkar66 balls – David WarnerSlowly has created history by scoring the slowest century in IPL history.Chokli – The Greatest Statpadder Ever. 🙌
— Jyran (@Jyran45) April 6, 2024

100(67) * , Virat Kohli has scored the slowest century in IPL history today. Something the commentators and fans won't tell you. Yeah continue celebrating such selfish knocks.
— ` (@FourOverthrows) April 6, 2024

67 balls 100 runs….Slowest Century of IPL Congratulations Virat Kohli…Well played Virat Kohli 🤗
— Abhijeet ✨ (@Abhijeet042729) April 6, 2024

Another record by Virat Kohli in IPL, he registers the slowest century record in IPL now alongside ex RCB player Manish Pandey.King breaking records for fun.
— Yash (@CSKYash_) April 6, 2024

SLOWEST CENTURY IN IPL HISTORY !!Virat Kohli is the only batsman who makes both his fans and opponent team fans happy with his innings. Make his fans happy by scoring statpadding runs and makes opponent team fans happy by wasting balls pic.twitter.com/v2x0u9wfxV
— Gaurav Agarwal (@7Gaurav8) April 6, 2024

Slowest century in the history of Ipl 😭😭🤣#ViratKohli #RoyalChallengersBengaluru #RRvRCB
— Sanjay 𝕏 (@7__sanjay) April 6, 2024

Slowest century by an Indian in IPLVirat Kohli – 67 balls *Manish Pandey – 67 ballsSachin Tendulkar – 66 ballsVirat Kohli – 63 ballsKL Rahul – 63 ballsVirat Kohli – 62 ballsPerfect definition of – Apne runs banao, Team LMAO 😭 pic.twitter.com/GnlvGhhc4H
— Dev 🇮🇳 (@time__square) April 6, 2024

🚨What do you make of the first Hundred of #TATAIPL2024?113* off 72 balls by Virat Kohli.This is his joint highest IPL score BUT THIS IS JOINT SLOWEST IPL CENTURY. pic.twitter.com/r8wITZsP8M
— KKR Vibe (@KnightsVibe) April 6, 2024

Virat Kohli becomes first batter to smash 7500 or more runs in the IPL

Before coming into this crucial match between the both sides, Kohli was just 34 runs away from etching his name in the IPL record books for becoming the first batter to smash 7500 or more runs in the history of the tournament. However during his classy knock against Rajasthan, Bengaluru batter Kohli achieved this milestone very easily.

Top five players with most runs in IPL:

Virat Kohli: 7579* runs
Shikhar Dhawan: 6755* runs
David Warner: 6545* runs
Rohit Sharma: 6280* runs
Suresh Raina: 5528 runs

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