Royal Challengers Bengaluru Defeats Kolkata Knight Riders by 6 Wickets

Kathmandu. In a match held on Wednesday under the Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 6 wickets to climb to the top of the points table. Bengaluru achieved the target of 193 runs set by Kolkata in 19.1 overs, losing 4 wickets. Captain Virat Kohli played a spectacular century innings unbeaten in Bengaluru's victory. He scored 105 runs off 60 balls. Similarly, Devdutt Padikkal contributed 39 and Jacob Bethell scored 15 runs. Kartik Tyagi took the most wickets for Kolkata with 3 wickets, while Sunil Narine took 1 wicket. Earlier, after losing the toss and batting first, Kolkata scored 192 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Angkrish Raghuvanshi played the highest half-century innings of 71 runs for Kolkata. Rinku Singh remained unbeaten on 49 runs, while Cameron Green added 32 runs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, and Rasikh Salam took one wicket each for Bengaluru. With this victory, Bengaluru has climbed to the first position in the points table with 16 points from 12 matches, with 8 wins and 4 losses. Gujarat Titans have dropped to second place based on net run rate, despite having the same 16 points.