Virat Kohli hit an excellent unbeaten 105 as Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets to move top of the Indian Premier League desk.
Opening the batting, the 37-year-old struck 11 fours and three sixes in his 60-ball innings as RCB chased down their goal of 193 with 5 balls to spare.
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Kohli, who was dismissed for geese in his two earlier innings however continues to be averaging over 50 for the fourth consecutive yr, misplaced opening associate Jacob Bethell for 15 when he was caught and bowled by Kartik Tyagi.
He placed on 92 with Devdutt Padikkal (37), earlier than the impression substitute was dismissed by Tyagi, who would later take away Tim David on his technique to figures of 3-32.
By that time RCB had been in full management of the chase, needing 13 off 13 balls, and Kohli had time to carry up his first hundred of the season, off 58 deliveries, earlier than Jitesh Sharma struck a successful 4.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi was the top-scorer within the KKR innings after they had been put into bat, putting 71 off 46 balls from quantity three.
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The wicketkeeper placed on partnerships of 68 with Cameron Green (32) and 76 with Rinku Singh (49 not out) and was run out off the ultimate ball of the KKR innings as they closed on 192-4.
The win strikes defending champions RCB above Gujarat Titans on the top of the desk on web run-rate, whereas KKR stay eighth after four-match successful streak was delivered to an finish.
[BBC]