{"id":172503,"date":"2026-05-26T00:28:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T05:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=172503"},"modified":"2026-05-26T00:28:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T05:58:50","slug":"rcb-vs-gt-qualifier-1-ipl-2026-virat-kohlis-record-in-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=172503","title":{"rendered":"RCB vs GT Qualifier 1, IPL 2026: Virat Kohli\u2019s record in Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71022557\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Royal Challengers Bengaluru will take on Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 1 in Dharamsala on Tuesday, May 26 for a place in the summit clash of the IPL 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>And as is always the case when RCB is playing, the focus will be on Virat Kohli and the team will hope he can produce a match winning innings like he has done on multiple occasions in not just this season, but in previous years as well.<\/p>\n<p>The opener has enjoyed another productive season with the bat this year, the ninth time he has accumulated more than 500 runs in a season. However, his record in the Playoffs are pretty ordinary by his lofty standards.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old has scored just 363 runs in 15 innings with just two half-centuries. His strike rate and average have been below par, especially in the context of the modern T20 game- the former RCB captain averages just 25.92 in the knockout stage, and his strike rate is a paltry 119.80.<\/p>\n<p>In last year\u2019s Playoffs where RCB took part in Qualifier 1 and the Final, Kohli scored a run a ball 12 in Qualifier 1 against Punjab Kings while he scored a 35-ball 43 in the final against the same opposition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fact-box\">\n<h5 class=\"main-title\">\nVirat Kohli\u2019s record in IPL Playoffs<br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<p>Matches played- 15<\/p>\n<p>Runs scored- 363<\/p>\n<p>Strike rate- 119.80<\/p>\n<p>Average- 25.92<\/p>\n<p>\nHS- 70*\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on May 26, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ipl\/virat-kohli-royal-challengers-bengaluru-ipl-2026-playoffs-runs-stats-record-rcb-vs-gt-qualifier-1\/article71022557.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Challengers Bengaluru will take on Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 1 in Dharamsala on Tuesday, May 26 for a place in the summit clash of the IPL 2026 season. And as is always the case when RCB is playing, the focus will be on Virat Kohli and the team will hope he can produce a &#8230; <a title=\"RCB vs GT Qualifier 1, IPL 2026: Virat Kohli\u2019s record in Playoffs\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=172503\" aria-label=\"Read more about RCB vs GT Qualifier 1, IPL 2026: Virat Kohli\u2019s record in Playoffs\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IPL20202620GT20vs20RCB206.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":172829,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=172829","url_meta":{"origin":172503,"position":0},"title":"IPL 2026 Orange Cap standings updated after RCB vs GT, Qualifier 1 \u2014 Kohli rises to fourth","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"May 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"RCB\u2019s Virat Kohli rose to fourth in the Orange Cap standings after scoring a 25-ball 43 against Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2026 Qualifier 1 in Dharamsala on Tuesday. 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