Virat’s strong innings, Bengaluru’s victory (Photo-PTI)
In the 34th match of IPL 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets. Batting first, Gujarat Titans scored 205 runs but RCB achieved this target on the basis of excellent half-centuries by Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal. Virat Kohli scored the highest 81 runs for Bengaluru. Virat faced 44 balls and hit 4 sixes and 8 fours. Along with him, Devdutt Padikkal scored 55 runs in 27 balls. This left-handed batsman hit 6 sixes and 2 fours in his innings. With this victory, RCB team has reached second place in the points table. He has 10 points and has defeated Rajasthan Royals.
attack of virat-padikkal
Bengaluru had a bad start while chasing the target of 206 runs. Jacob Bethal, who was playing his first match this season, was dismissed by Siraj for 14 runs. The big thing is that here Virat Kohli missed the catch on the first ball. Sundar took an easy catch on Siraj’s ball. Did Virat get a lease of life? Gujarat team is in trouble. Virat Kohli along with Padikkal created a ruckus on Gujarat. Both of them made a half-century partnership in just 26 balls and RCB team crossed 100 in 9 overs.
During this, Padikkal scored a half-century in 20 balls with the help of 6 sixes and it took 30 balls for Virat Kohli to score his half-century. These two batsmen made a century partnership in 47 balls and eliminated Gujarat from the match. Although Virat Kohli missed the century. This player was bowled by Jason Holder on the score of 81 runs.
Sai Sudarshan’s century in vain
Sai Sudarshan scored a brilliant century for Gujarat Titans. This player played an inning of 100 runs in 58 balls. This left-handed batsman scored his third century in IPL and also became the player to score 2000 IPL runs in the fewest innings. However, his innings went in vain. In the end only RCB won.
