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Who Won Yesterday IPL Match: In the 34th match of IPL 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Gujarat Titans (GT) by 5 wickets. In this match played at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, GT, batting first, scored a big score of 205 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. However, RCB achieved the target with 7 balls left. Virat Kohli was chosen 'Man of the Match' for his brilliant innings of 81 runs in 44 balls.

Virat Kohli's match winning innings

Virat Kohli was the hero of RCB's victory. Kohli played an innings of 81 runs at a strike rate of 184.09, hitting fours and sixes all around the ground. He hit 8 fours and 4 skyscraper sixes during the innings. He got good support from Devdutt Padikkal, who played an important inning of 55 runs in 27 balls. Together they put the team in a strong position. Padikkal also hit 2 fours and 6 sixes in his innings.

RCB faltered in the middle overs, then Pandya-David led to victory

RCB had a good start, but between 12.5 and 15.3 overs the team lost 4 wickets in quick succession. During this, Padikkal, Kohli, Jitesh Sharma and Rajat Patidar were out. At one time the team had reached 173/5 and the match seemed stuck. But in the end, Krunal Pandya (23* runs, 12 balls) and Tim David (10* runs, 9 balls) made a brilliant partnership and led the team to victory.

GT's batting: Sai Sudarshan's brilliant century

The GT got off to a great start. Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan added 128 runs for the first wicket. Sudarshan batted brilliantly and completed his century in 57 balls. This was his third century in IPL. He also held the record of scoring the fastest 2000 IPL runs in this match. Gill was out after scoring 32 runs. Sudarshan was later caught out on the ball of Josh Hazlewood. He scored 100 runs in 58 balls at a strike rate of 172.41, which included 11 fours and 5 sixes.

GT score in death overs

A big innings was expected from Jos Buttler in the death overs, but he was out after scoring 25 runs on the ball of Bhuvneshwar Kumar. In the end, Washington Sundar and Jason Holder played some good shots and took the team's score to 205/3.

Sai Sudarshan's record: 2000 runs in fewest innings

47 innings – Sai Sudarshan

48 innings – Chris Gayle

52 innings – Shaun Marsh

57 innings – Ruturaj Gaikwad

60 innings – KL Rahul

RCB's position in the points table

With this victory, RCB has achieved 5 wins in 7 matches and the team has now reached second place in the points table. The number one position is still held by Punjab Kings, who have 11 points. At the same time, Rajasthan Royals is at third place with 10 points. Sunrisers Hyderabad is at fourth place with 8 points and Chennai Super Kings is at fifth place with 6 points. This is followed by Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans, Mumbai Indians, Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders.