Gujarat Titans, who came to bat first against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Match 34 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, scored 205/3.
Chasing 206 to end their Bengaluru leg of the season on a high, a key moment in the defending champions' innings came when the charismatic Virat Kohli Was out for 0 in the first over by washington beautiful On the ball of Mohammad Siraj.
Kohli, who was playing his first ball of the innings, flicked a length ball which hit his bat and went towards Sundar who was positioned at short midwicket. A routine catch, Sundar was unable to get his hands on it and dropped the RCB batsman, who has a reputation for leading in chases like this.
And in trademark fashion, Kohli made the visitors pay dearly. He played a brilliant inning of 81 runs in 44 balls, which set the stage for the defending champions to chase the target. During this innings, he became the third player to hit 300 sixes in IPL and the first player to hit 800 fours in IPL.
Watch the video of Kohli's attack after the dropped catch here:
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