IPL 2026: Ton-up Virat Kohli ends KKR's 4-match winning streak
What's the story
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) failed to defend a target of 193 runs against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) clash. The match took place at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. Angkrish Raghuvanshi was the star for KKR, scoring a fluent 71 off just 46 balls, while Rinku Singh remained unbeaten on 49 off 29 balls. In response, an unbeaten 105 from Virat Kohli's blade helped RCB win by six wickets.
KKR
KKR kept under 200 by RCB
KKR lost Finn Allen and Ajinkya Rahane inside the powerplay. Thereafter, Raghuvanshi partnerships of 68 runs with Cameron Green (32) and an unbeaten 76-run stand with Rinku. Despite the odd ball keeping low on a tricky pitch, Raghuvanshi kept finding boundaries regularly to keep the scoreboard ticking for KKR. RCB did well to tie down KKR below 200. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/34) and Josh Hazlewood (1/35) used their experience.
Chase
Kohli masters the chase
RCB were reduced to 37/1 before Devdutt Padikkal joined Kohli and the two added a match-winning 92-run stand. Both batters were dropped during the course of their innings. Kohli then took control once Padikkal perished for 39 runs and just toyed with the KKR bowlers. He used his experience and made things look easy. KKR managed to take a couple of wickets but it was ever too late.
Raghuvanshi
Raghuvanshi smashes his 4th half-century of IPL 2026
Raghuvanshi's knock was laced with three sixes and 7 fours. He consumed 46 balls. With this effort, Raghuvanshi raced to a tally of 340 runs in IPL 2026 from 11 matches at 34. This was his 4th fifty of the season. Overall, the youngester now owns 803 runs from 33 IPL games at 30.88. He smashed his sixth IPL fifty.
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Green is closing in on 1,000 IPL runs
Green's knock of 32 from 24 balls had three fours and a six. In IPL 2026, he has smashed 264 runs from 11 matches at 33. The Aussie star is closing in on 1,000 IPL career runs. He has 971 runs at 38.84.
Rinku
Rinku averages 71.50 in IPL 2026
Rinku played a finisher's role again for KKR. His 49* had three fours and two sixes. With this effort, the southpaw now owns 286 runs from 11 matches (9 innings) in IPL 2026 at 71.50. He is unbeaten in each of his last 4 innings. Overall in the IPL, Rinku has amassed 1,385 runs from 70 matches (60 innings) at 34.62. Versus RCB, he has scored 160 runs from 7 IPL games at 40.
Bhuvi
Bhuvneshwar Kumar becomes joint-highest wicket-taker against KKR
Veteran Bhuvneshwar (1/34) now owns 33 wickets against KKR from 31 matches at 27.45. He equaled the record of spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (33 wickets) to become the joint-highest wicket-taker against KKR. Bhuvneshwar has been in fine form this season. He owns 22 wickets at 16.13 and is the Purple Cap holder. Overall, he has picked 220 wickets from 202 matches at 26.21. In T20s, he now owns 357 wickets at 24.42.
Kohli
14,000 T20 runs; 10th hundred for Kohli
With his 78th run of the contest, Kohli completed 14,000 runs in 426 T20s (409 innings). In a career spanning nearly two decades, the 37-year-old has smoked 10 tons and as many as 108 fifties. As many as 9 of his tons have come in the IPL (50s: 66). He also became the fastest to 14,000 T20 runs in terms of innings taken. Kohli (409) broke Chris Gayle's record in this regard.
Record
Kohli equals Warner with 10 T20 hundreds
Kohli with his 10th T20 hundred went on to equal David Warner's tally. Only Gayle (22) and Babar Azam (13) own more T20 tons. Most hundreds in T20 cricket: 22 - Chris Gayle 13 - Babar Azam 10 - David Warner/Virat Kohli* 9 - Rilee Rossouw/Sahibzada Farhan 9 - Quinton de Kock/Abhishek Sharma
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484 runs for Kohli in IPL 2026
Kohli's unbeaten 105 took him to 9,145 runs in the IPL from 279 matches (271 innings) at 40.1. In the ongoing season, the 37-year-old has amassed 484 runs from 12 matches at 53.77. In addition to a ton, he has three fifties.
Vs KKR
Kohli attains these IPL feats against KKR
Kohli clocked his 2nd IPL hundred against KKR. He also owns 7 fifties. Playing his 36th match against KKR, he raced to 1,126 runs from 33 innings at 45.04. Kohli is now the 2nd-highest scorer versus KKR after Rohit Sharma (1,161). He went past Warner (1,093). Meanwhile, he is the 3rd batter after Warner and Jos Buttler to smash multiple IPL hundreds against KKR (2).
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KKR's Tyagi gets to 16 wickets in IPL 2026
KKR pacer Kartik Tyagi was the pick of the bowlers. He clocked 3/32 from his 4 overs. Tyagi now owns 16 wickets in IPL 2026 from 11 matches at 21.68.
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Sunil Narine does a reasonable job
Sunil Narine finished with 1/31 from his 4 overs. In 10 IPL games this season, the seasoned right-arm spinner has clinched 11 wickets at 23.54. From 199 IPL games, he has amassed 203 wickets at 25.52. Overall, he owns 624 T20 wickets at 22.22.
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A look at the points table
Defending champions RCB have gone top of the standings. From 12 games, they own 16 points (W8 L4). On the other hand, KKR are virtually out of the top four race. They are 8th with 9 points from 11 games.