Royal Challengers Bengaluru continued their high-flying run in the top half of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season, securing yet another victory to boost their play-off hopes on Friday. Chasing a target against the Gujarat Titans, RCB rode on Virat Kohli‘s brilliant 81 to overhaul the total with seven balls to spare. Although Kohli received a lifeline right at the start of his innings, he made sure GT came back to regret the dropped catch when he was yet to open his account.
Before being dismissed by Jason Holder, Kohli had hit eight fours and four sixes. One of the sixes that the RCB icon hit even had his wife, Anushka Sharma, celebrating in the stands. Anushka, who has attended almost all of RCB’s home games this season at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, was seen making a money-splashing gesture in the stands.
However, as soon as the cameraman turned his attention towards her, she realised that it was not an act she should have done on camera. Her ‘guilty expression’ said it all.
Anushka was doing that RCB dressing room celebration. when camera focused, she stopped and started laughing pic.twitter.com/3kBdh9B7I9
— Fearless (@ViratTheLegend) April 25, 2026
As for the match, Kohli scripted history as he became the first batter in the Indian Premier League (IPL) to hit 800 fours. Kohli achieved the milestone during his knock of 81 runs.
Virat Kohli now has 807 boundaries to his name in 274 IPL matches, the most by any batter in the tournament’s history. He is well clear of the second-placed Shikhar Dhawan, who has 768 fours to his name.
Kohli also became only the third batter to smash 300 sixes in IPL history, after Chris Gayle (357) and Rohit Sharma (310). Kohli now has 303 maximums to his name.
Kohli scored 81 runs off 44 balls against GT, hitting eight boundaries and four sixes. With this knock, he also claimed the Orange Cap for being the leading run-scorer in the IPL 2026 at the moment.
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