Virat Kohli, RCB vs KKR: Royal Challengers Bangalore has defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 6 wickets. The biggest contribution to Bengaluru’s victory was from Virat Kohli, who played an inning of 105 runs. With this century innings, Virat has become the Indian to score the most centuries in T20 cricket. Let us tell you that RCB has made the record of the biggest run chase on the Raipur ground in the history of the Indian Premier League.

Royal Challengers Bangalore had made the record of the biggest run chase of IPL at Shaheed Veer Singh Narayan Singh Stadium in Raipur. This record was earlier also in the name of Bengaluru, which had chased the target of 167 runs against Mumbai Indians in the same season. Now RCB has improved its own record and successfully chased the target of 193 runs against Kolkata.

Virat Kohli created history

In the match against Kolkata, Virat Kohli completed his century in 58 balls. Till completing his century, he hit 10 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. With this, Virat has become the Indian batsman who has scored the most centuries in the history of T20 cricket. This is his 9th century in IPL, which is the highest in history.

Virat broke the record of Abhishek Sharma for scoring most centuries in T20, who has scored 9 centuries in his T20 career so far. KL Rahul comes third in the list of Indians, who has so far scored 8 centuries in T20 cricket. Rohit Sharma and Sanju Samson have also scored 8 centuries in their career.

Indians who have scored most centuries in T20 cricket

• 10 centuries – Virat Kohli
• 9 centuries – Abhishek Sharma
• 8 centuries – KL Rahul
• 8 centuries – Sanju Samson
• 8 centuries – Rohit Sharma

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Is KKR out?

Has RCB entered the playoffs after registering this win? The answer is, no. Bengaluru has definitely reached the top of the points table, which now has 16 points. On the other hand, is Kolkata out of the playoff race? The answer to this is also, no. Kolkata can still reach 15 points by winning all three matches.

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