Virat Kohli, the chase master once again stood up tall in a run chase as his half century helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru cruise to their second IPL title. Royal Challengers Bengaluru were the defending champions of 2025 IPL and had another successful campaign in 2026 beating Gujarat Titans in the Final and lifting the trophy. Virat Kohli has been a giant in IPL and the leading run getter with more than 9000 runs in this tournament. On the big occasion of the Final, Virat Kohli scored his fourth half century in a Final to help RCB win the title. He stands tall on the night of the Final and his previous five T20 Finals have all been scores of more than 40 with three of them being half centuries.
Virat Kohli performance in T20 Finals
In nine T20 tournament final appearances, Virat has scored 419 runs at an average of 59.25 and a strike rate of 132.59, including four fifties and a best score of 77. This is the best that any batter has amassed in a T20 Final.
Kohli's scores in all T20 Finals he’s played:
7 (8) vs DCH, 2009
35 (32) vs CSK, 2011
43 (34) vs ENG, 2013 (Won)
77 (58) vs SL, 2014
41* (28) vs BAN, 2016 (Won)
54 (35) vs SRH, 2016
76 (59) vs SA, 2024 (Won)
43 (35) vs PBKS, 2025 (Won)
Records broken by Virat Kohli in T20 Finals.
Virat Kohli averages 59.85 in T20 tournament finals, the best among all batters with more than 300 runs in summit clashes
Virat Kohli also smashed his fastest half century in IPL as he reached the milestone in just 25 balls going past his previous best of 26-ball fifties against Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals in 2018. Remarkably, the record-breaking knock came in his 19th IPL season and on the grandest stage of them all.
Kohli now holds the record of fourth fastest half-century in an IPL Final. Only Suresh Raina (2010), David Warner (2016) and Venkatesh Iyer (2024) have reached the mark faster, all doing so in 24 deliveries.
Virat Kohli also became the first Indian player to score four 50+ scores in four T20 finals.
Most 50s in T20 Tournament Finals:
4 - Chris Gayle
4 - Dwayne Smith
4 - Hamilton Masakadza
4 - Virat Kohli*
Royal Challengers Bengaluru win their second IPL title and one of the main contributors has been Virat Kohli and he led from the front smashing an unbeaten 75* to help RCB win the title. He also won the player of the match in the Final and showed it to the world that he still has it in him.
