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RCB Defeated KKR: In an important match of IPL 2026 at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur, RCB defeated KKR by 6 wickets. With this win, the Bengaluru team captured the top position in the points table with 16 points, while with the defeat, Kolkata’s hopes of reaching the playoffs have suffered a major blow.

Raghuvanshi’s best innings

RCB captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and invited KKR to bat first. Kolkata had a bit of a bad start, both their openers Ajinkya Rahane (19 runs) and Finn Allen (18) returned to the pavilion without playing any big innings. However, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who came at number three, played responsibly and scored 71 runs in 46 balls with the help of 7 fours and 3 sixes.

Rinku also showed strength

When Rinku entered the field, she played an important inning of 49 runs in 29 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from this, Cameron Green contributed 32 runs and made a total of 192/4 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Talking about bowling, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood and Rasik Salam Dar took 1 wicket each.

Great batting of RCB

Chasing 193 runs, RCB’s first wicket fell on the second ball of the fourth over when Karthik Tyagi caught and bowled Jacob Bethal on a personal score of 15 runs. After this, KKR bowlers were desperate to take wickets, and their wait ended on the last ball of the 16th over when Rajat Patidar was out on 11 runs, while in the 18th over, Tim David’s innings ended on just 2 runs.

Virat Kohli’s brilliant century

While RCB’s wickets were falling on the other side, Virat Kohli was scoring runs at a rapid pace on the other side, he completed his century in just 58 balls, and took his team to the threshold of victory, their final score was 194/4 in 19.1 overs. The Indian cricket superstar played a brilliant inning of 105 runs in 60 balls with the help of 11 fours and 3 sixes, during which his strike rate was recorded at 175.

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