Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets in match number 57 ipl 2026 On 13 May at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium. Batting first, KKR posted a competitive score of 192/4 in 20 overs, led by a brilliant inning from Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who scored 71 runs in 46 balls with the help of seven fours and three sixes at a strike rate of 154.35. Three bowlers took one wicket each for RCB.
In reply, RCB chased the target easily and reached 194/4 with five balls to spare. Virat Kohli played a sensational inning of 105 unbeaten runs in 60 balls with the help of 11 fours and three sixes at a strike rate of 175. Karthik Tyagi took 3/32 in four overs for KKR, but the visitors could not stop Kohli from giving RCB the win.
With the win, RCB moved to the top of the IPL 2026 points table with 16 points, while KKR remained eighth with nine points.
Here are the most important stats and milestones from Match 57:
- Virat Kohli scored the joint third highest number of centuries in T20 cricket.
- Kohli scored his ninth IPL century, the most by any player in the history of the tournament.
- Kohli became the fastest batsman to complete 14,000 T20 runs, achieving the feat in just 409 innings.
- Kohli now holds the record for most IPL seasons with more than 400 runs (12).
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar has become the highest wicket taker against KKR in IPL history with 33 wickets.
- RCB's score of 194/4 became the highest successful run chase in IPL matches held at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium.
- Kohli took his IPL run tally against KKR to 1126, which is the second highest score by any batsman against this franchise.
- Kohli now has nine 50-plus scores against KKR, the joint-fourth highest total against a single IPL team.
- Kohli equaled the record for most IPL centuries while chasing the target with three centuries.
- Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal added 92 runs, which is the third highest partnership for RCB against KKR in IPL history.
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