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On Sunday, May 31, defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on 2022 champions Gujarat Titans at their home ground, Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
On the big day, former RCB captain Virat Kohli will be the focal point. And former RCB fast bowler Mohammed Siraj will also do the same. Siraj spent 7 seasons at RCB before joining Gujarat Titans in 2025.
Since then, both players have been important for their respective teams. When RCB won the title last year, Kohli was the highest run-scorer for RCB and remains the highest run-scorer for the team in IPL 2026 also.
On the other hand, Mohammed Siraj has formed an effective pace battery with Kagiso Rabada and Jason Holder which has taken GT to the final. The match between Kohli and Siraj on Sunday can quickly decide the fate of both the teams.
Virat Kohli’s IPL record vs GT
While the memories of Rajat Patidar’s unbeaten 93 off just 33 balls in Qualifier 1 will be fresh in GT’s mind, he will also be wary of Virat Kohli. In 9 matches, Kohli has scored 503 runs at an average of 72 and strike rate of 154; He also has 4 fifties and a century to his name against the franchise.
This year too, Kohli scored an incredible 81 while chasing 206 in Bengaluru and surpassed Sai Sudarshan’s century. In Ahmedabad, Kohli hit five fours in a single over against Kagiso Rabada. Kohli played his part by scoring 43 runs in the first qualifier in Dharamshala. Kohli’s 503 runs also makes him the highest run-scorer against GT in IPL history.
Mohammed Siraj’s IPL record vs RCB
Mohammed Siraj started his IPL career in 2017 with Sunrisers Hyderabad, but he did not face RCB that year. In 2025, Siraj moved forward to face RCB for the first time in his IPL career. As fate would have it, the game was scheduled for the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Siraj got the wickets of Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt and Liam Livingstone and was awarded the Player of the Match award for his bowling of 3/19 in four overs. RCB did not face GT again that year. Royal Challengers have kept Siraj relatively quiet this year.
He has taken only two wickets in 3 matches, which also includes conceding 46 runs in 3 overs in the first qualifier. Siraj’s overall record against RCB is 5 wickets in 4 matches at an average of 25.60 and an economy rate of 9.14.
Virat Kohli vs Mohammed Siraj in IPL
This year, Virat Kohli has dismissed Jason Holder twice and Kagiso Rabada once. But this dismissal comes after Kohli has caused some irreversible damage.
However, Mohammed Siraj has kept Kohli mostly quiet. The two have not faced each other that much, but Virat Kohli has more or less come out on top, as Siraj has never dismissed him in these brief encounters.
Overall, Kohli’s record against Siraj is 26 runs without getting out in 16 balls. That means there is a strike rate of 162.5.
Despite playing 5 matches against each other, Kohli has not got a chance to bat much against Siraj. For example, this year Siraj bowled 5, 5 and 4 balls to Kohli in Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Dharamshala respectively.
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