A solid century from Virat Kohli has set up the Royal Challengers Bengaluru to post a 6-wicket victory against the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2026 game played on May 13 at Raipur.

His 9th IPL century has put RCB on top on Wednesday’s clash as the side completed the chase with elegance. With this win they retained their top spot in the IPL 2026 points table.

After being invited to bat first, Ajinkya Rahane and Finn Allen opened the innings while Bhuvneshwar Kumar opened the bowling attack.

Despite a good start, the duo could not convert the start as Bhuvneshwar Kumar bagged the wicket of Finn Allen for 18 runs.

He was dismissed on a length ball, where he edged outside the line as Jitesh Sharma took the catch behind the wickets.

Meanwhile, Josh Hazlewood bagged the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane for 19 runs. He got dismissed on a short and quick around off as the ball got top edged, as Josh Hazlewood bagged the catch.

With Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Cameron Green at crease, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 56 runs in the powerplay.

The duo forged a 50-run partnership in 39 deliveries as KKR cross 100 run mark in their innings.

However, Rasikh Salam bagged the wicket of Cameron Green for 32 runs.

He got bowled out on a cross seam delivery which brought an end to 68-run partnership. Rinku Singh who came to bat at No.5 joined Raghuvanshi to post a solid total for the side.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi smashed his fifty and went on to score 71 runs off 46 deliveries before his dismissal on a run out by the end of the innings.

The duo forged a 76-run partnership as the KKR scored 192 runs in their 20 over innings. Rinku Singh remained unbeaten with 49 runs off 29 deliveries.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood and Rasikh Salam bagged one wicket each.

Chasing 193 runs, Jacob Bethell and Virat Kohli opened the innings while Saurabh Dubey opened the bowling attack.

Kartik Tyagi bagged the first breakthrough dismissing Jacob Bethell for 15 runs. Devdutt Padikkal who came to bat at No.3, joined Kohli forging a solid partnership.

With Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal at crease, RCB scored 66 runs in the powerplay. Virat Kohli made the chase comfortable, scoring fifty in 32 deliveries.

Kartik Tyagi bagged his second wicket dismissing Padikkal for 39 runs.

He got dismissed on off cutter where he hit the shot at off side, but Rahane took the catch at cover.

Rajat Patidar who came to bat at no.4, got dismissed by Sunil Narine for 11 runs. He got out on a delivery from extra bounce where the ball got top edged and Ajinkya Rahane took a tough catch.

Kartik Tyagi bagged his third wicket dismissing Tim David for 2 runs. He got dismissed after a catch from Manish Pandey. In the meantime, Virat Kohli smashed his 9th IPL century as the side marched closed to victory.

With Jitesh Sharma and Virat Kohli at crease, Royal Challengers Bengaluru secured 6-wicket victory against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Virat Kohli remained unbeaten with 105 runs off 60 deliveries. His knock included 11 fours and 3 sixes. Kartik Tyagi bagged three wickets while Sunil Narine bagged one wicket.