Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal hit a half -century, as Royal Challengers Bangalore won seven wickets over Punjab Kings in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Clash on Sunday. Chasing 158 for the victory, Kohli, who made an unbeaten 73, and 61 -year -old Padikal added 103 runs for the second wicket as RCB achieved its target with seven balls in Mulanpur. By doing this, RCB avenged its loss to PBK at home earlier this week.
As Jitesh Sharma won six from Nehal Vaidhera, Kohli decided to perform something with his India’s partner and PBK captain Shreyas Iyer. The cameras saw Kohli teasing Shrey, teasing Shrey with some cheek gestures.
However, it seemed like a lighthumbh banquet because Shreyas went to Kohli, who was the always animated, to do a chat with him.
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Kohli, 36, hit his fourth half -century of the season and crossed David Warner of Australia for the highest 50 score in the IPL.
Kohli has now made it 67 times with eight centuries.
Left -handed Pudical scored 61 runs in 35 balls, fifty of the season, Bengaluru lost opener Phil Salat in Arshdeep Singh’s first over.
Pudical fell to Harpreet Brar, leaving Kohli to play anchor to knocking 54 balls with seven fours and six.
Bengaluru spinners Krunal Pandya and Suyash Sharma took two wickets each to win, as they helped restrict Punjab to 157–6.
Priyash Arya and Prabhasimran Singh started aggressively at an early stand of 42 before Pandya was introduced in the fifth over.
The left -arm spinner hit Arya with his second ball to send back to 22.
Pandya again rejected Prabasimron in his next over, scoring 33 runs in 17 balls, and finished with 2–25 figures.
West Indies fast bowler Romario Shepherd in his first Bangalore this season, captain Shreyas Iyer for six and Nehl Sawhera soon went out.
England’s Josh England scored 29 runs in 17 balls, but bowled by leg-spinner Suyash.
Suyash again hit three balls again, later Punjab slipped to 114–6 to remove Marcus Stoinis.
Shashank Singh, who created 31, and Marco Jansen, who killed 25, placed an unbeaten stand of 43 to promote the clan, but was not enough to challenge Bengaluru.
(With AFP input)
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