Raipur, May 14 (). On the strength of Virat Kohli’s century, Royal Challengers (RCB) won by 6 wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders in the 57th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 on Wednesday. With this, RCB has reached the top in the points table.
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium After losing the toss, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) came to bat and scored 192 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. This team had lost the wickets of both the openers in the form of Finn Allen (18) and captain Ajinkya Rahane (19) till the score of 48.
From here, Angkrish Raghuvanshi strengthened the team by making a partnership of 68 runs in 46 balls with Cameron Green for the third wicket. Cameron returned to the pavilion after scoring 32 runs in 24 balls with 1 six and 3 fours. After this, Angkrish along with Rinku Singh scored 76 runs in 46 balls for the fourth wicket and took KKR to a huge score.
Rinku remained unbeaten on 49 runs in 29 balls with 2 sixes and 3 fours, while Angkrish scored 71 runs in 46 balls. His innings included 3 sixes and 7 fours. From the opposition camp, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood and Rasikh Salam Dar took 1 wicket each.
RCB, chasing the huge target, won the match in 19.1 overs. The opening pair of Jacob Bethel and Virat Kohli gave this team a steady start. Both players scored 37 runs in 20 balls. After this Kohli took charge with Devdutt Padikkal. Both the batsmen made a partnership of 92 runs in 59 balls.
Padikal returned to the pavilion after scoring 39 runs in 27 balls with 7 fours. After this, Kohli made a partnership of 28 runs with captain Rajat Patidar (11) and 23 runs with Tim David (2), taking the team closer to victory.
After these players returned to the pavilion, Virat Kohli took charge, who completed his 9th IPL century in 58 balls. Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 105 runs in 60 balls with 3 sixes and 11 fours. Karthik Tyagi took maximum 3 wickets from the opposition camp. Sunil Narine got 1 wicket.
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