
Sanjeev Kumar
khelja|14-05-2026
RCB won on the strength of Virat Kohli. (Photo- PTI)
IPL 2026 RCB vs KKR, Virat Kohli Hundred: In the 57th match of IPL 2026, Virat Kohli once again showed his batting prowess. Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 6 wickets in a thrilling match. Kohli led the team to victory by scoring an unbeaten century. After being out on 0 consecutive times in the last 2 matches, he scored the 9th century of his IPL career by hitting fours and sixes in Raipur. At the same time, he touched the figure of 100 runs for the first time in this season.
Batting first, KKR scored 192 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. During this, Angkrish Raghuvanshi played a brilliant inning of 71 runs in 46 balls. At the same time, Rinku Singh returned after scoring unbeaten 49 runs on 29 balls. At the same time, Cameron Green also scored 32 runs. Before this, Ajinkya Rahane gave a good start to the team by scoring 19 runs and Finn Allen scored 18 runs. For RCB, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood and Rasikh Salam took 1 wicket each.
In reply, RCB chased the target and won by losing 4 wickets in 19.1 overs.
However, RCB did not have a good start, Jacob Bethel was out after scoring 15 runs. After this, Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal made a brilliant partnership for the second wicket. Padikkal scored 39 runs. Whereas, Rajat Patidar was out on 11 runs, but Kohli held one end and scored unbeaten 105 runs on 60 balls. During this, Virat completed his century in 58 balls.Some classics never go out of style💯👑
Give Virat Kohli a target and he writes history 🙌
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This innings of Virat Kohli included 11 fours and 3 sixes. There itself. In the end, Jitesh Sharma scored 8 runs on 5 balls and took the team to victory. This match was very special for Virat. With this match, he became the player who played the most number of matches in IPL and also became the first Indian to touch the figure of 1400 T20 runs.




