Is this Virat Kohli’s best IPL season ever?

Virat Kohli, at the age of 37, is currently enjoying one of the finest forms in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Since the IPL 2007-08 season, the flamboyant batter has served Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) numerous memorable innings but has yet to claim the trophy. RCB, in his season looking fine enough, ends their years-long drought.

In the last 5 IPL 2025 matches, Virat scored 4 half centuries, including an unbeaten 73-run innings against Punjab Kings. A cricketer well over the age of 35 is considered to be someone who experienced his spring days long ago; for Kohli, the scenario is different. A part of cricket fans are wondering, is the former team India and RCB skipper currently going through his best-ever IPL performance?

The right-handed batter produced his best Indian Premier League stats back in 2016. This was the year when he scored a record 973 runs in 16 matches, with an 81.08 batting average, 4 tons, and seven 50s. Kohli, then the captain of RCB, with that enormous execution, carried his team to the final round but unfortunately didn't win the silverware.

Kohlis stats in IPL 2016

Matches	Runs	Avarage	100s	50s
16	973	81.08	4	7

After ten matches in the ongoing IPL 2025, Virat is very close to touching his IPL 2016 record in terms of scoring half-centuries. One of the brightest stars of modern-era cricket has already bagged 6 half-centuries, only a step away from scoring the 7th, which he did in 2016. Overall, the Indian batter in 10 IPL 2025 matches scored a total of 443 runs, averaging 63.29, well distanced away from his best numbers.

Kohli's stats so far in IPL 2025

Matches	Runs	Avarage	100s	50s
10	443	63.29	0	6

RCB, at the top of the IPL 2025 ladder with 14 points in 10 matches and 4 group matches yet to be played, has a ticket to the next round that is just a matter of time. So, it is very much possible that he will get more time to decorate his present IPL-season stats. In the round of four, every team will play 2 matches (home and away fixture), then the best two will move forward for the grand finale.

Apart from the trophy, the only element missing from Kohli's IPL 2025 numbers is a century. Virat, in 2016, secured four 100s, which make his record exceedingly attractive even after 9 years.