Follow UsIt took Phil Salt and Virat Kohli just one game as an opening pair for them to register the second-highest powerplay score in Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)’s history against Kolkata Knight Riders on March 22 (Saturday). The duo smashed 80 runs in the powerplay, which also happens to be the highest-ever score when RCB have lost zero wickets inside the powerplay.
92/1 vs GT, Bengaluru, 2024
80/0 vs KKR, Kolkata, 2025*
79/1 vs KTK, Bengaluru, 2011
79/0 vs SRH, Bengaluru, 2024
75/2 vs CSK, Bengaluru, 2023
RCB’s 92/1 against Gujarat Titans in IPL 2024 still holds the record for the most runs in the powerplay for the franchise. The right-hander is the seventh debutant for RCB to score a fifty, after Faf du Plessis’ 88 against Punjab Kings back in 2022.
17 vs GT, Bengaluru, 2024
15 vs SRH, Bengaluru, 2024
14 vs KKR, Kolkata, 2025*
13 vs KTK, Kochi, 2011
Incidentally, there were 14 boundaries inside the powerplay, the third-most for RCB in IPL history. It is behind RCB’s efforts against SRH (15) and GT (17).