Overview
- Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 105 off 60 balls, scored Wednesday in Raipur, powered Royal Challengers Bengaluru to 194/4 in 19.1 overs to chase 193 and beat Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets.
- KKR had set 192/4 after Angkrish Raghuvanshi top-scored with 71 and Rinku Singh finished on 49*, with two key stands of 68 and 76 stabilizing the innings.
- The win lifted RCB to 16 points and first place on net run rate, strengthening their playoff position and halting KKR’s four-match surge.
- A dropped chance by Rovman Powell when Kohli was on 21 proved costly, and the RCB star notched his ninth IPL hundred while also marking milestones as the most-capped IPL player and the fastest to 14,000 T20 runs.
- KKR were without frontline spinner Varun Chakravarthy, whose left-leg issue is being monitored, with Saurabh Dubey drafted in as his replacement for the match.