Virat Kohli 113

Virat Kohli 113 sinks Kings XI Punjab

Virat Kohli 113
Virat Kohli 113

Indian Premier League, 50th match: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab at M Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore, May 18, 2016

RCB 211/3 (15.0/15 overs ) CH Gayle 73 off 32, 4 fours, 8 sixes, Virat Kohli 113 off 50, 12 fours, 8 sixes, Sandeep Sharma 29-1, KJ Abbott 48-1, AR Patel 46-1

Kings XI Punjab 120/9 (14/14 ov, target 203) Murali Vijay 16 off 8, 2 fours, 1 six, WP Saha 24 off 10, 5 fours, Gurkeerat Singh 18 off 18,2 fours, AR Patel 13 off 9, 1 four, 1 six, S Aravind 18-2, YS Chahal 25-4, SR Watson 7-2

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 82 runs (D/L method)

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field. This is the fourth century of the season for Virat Kohli. Chris Gayle  73 . Notched up a run rate of 13.36, in their 147-run century stand between Kohli-Gayle, 2nd highest for the 1st wicket in IPL. Virat Kohli becomes the highest run scorer 4002  and becomes the first batsman to do so. This was also 50th-century stand for the 1st wicket in IPL. Chris Gayle back to form but AB de Villiers encountered a rare failure.  YS Chahal took 4-25