It was once again a ‘Virat Kohli’ show at Bengaluru as he scored his fourth century in the ninth edition of Indian Premier League to take his side home. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won the match by 82 runs through DLS method against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) as they managed to score only 120 for 9 in 14 overs. The match was affected by rain as it reduced the play to 15 overs per side. After that came the ‘Gayle Storm’ scoring 73 runs from 32 balls to get the ball rolling, followed by Virat Kohli’s century to take RCB to a formidable total of 211 for 3 in 15 overs. RCB keep their hopes to reach the Playoffs by emerging winners in a must-win match.Kings XI Punjab had a sloppy start: KXIP lost 4 wickets in the batting Powerplay to put themselves in a position they can never chase a mammoth target. The top four batsman such as Murali Vijay, Hashim Amla, Wriddhiman Saha and David Miller walked back to the pavilion without disturbing the scoreboard.

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