M. Chinnaswamy Stadium drowned in a sea of red this Friday Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) achieved a sensational victory by five wickets Gujarat Titans (GT) in the 34th match of ipl 2026. In a high-octane encounter on April 24, Bengaluru witnessed a masterclass in power-hitting and clinical finishing, cementing RCB’s position as the number two team in the points table, while the Titans were left stunned.
Sai Sudarshan scored a brilliant century against RCB to take GT to a competitive score.
Opting to set a target, Gujarat Titans got off to a flyer thanks to a batting clinic Sai Sudharsan. The young left-hander played the biggest innings of his life and completed his century in just 57 balls. Her innings was a perfect blend of elegance and aggression, consisting of 11 fours and 5 sky-high sixes. with the captain Shubman Gill, Sudarshan, who contributed 32 runs in 24 balls, made a huge partnership of 128 runs for the first wicket, putting the RCB bowlers on the backfoot.
Despite the attack, RCB’s experienced seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar Showed his class, finishing with economical figures of 0/31 from 4 overs. However, the Titans found momentum late jason holderWhose innings of 23 runs in 10 balls (including two maximums) took Gujarat to a strong score of 205/3 at the end of their 20 overs. Josh Hazlewood Managed to take the valuable wicket of Sudarshan in the 16th over, but by then the Titans had laid the foundation of a huge score.
Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal lead RCB to emphatic win against GT in IPL 2026
The chase was never going to be easy, but the Bengaluru faithful were treated to a vintage performance and homecoming masterclass by the ‘King’. Devdutt Padikkal. after initial defeat jacob bethel For 14, Virat Kohli And Padikkal demolished the GT bowling attack with a breathtaking partnership of 115 runs.
Padikkal was particularly devastating, scoring 50 off just 20 balls and hitting 55 off 27 balls with six sixes. No need to go any further, Kohli played the role of anchor to aggressor to perfection. Kohli’s innings of 81 off 44 balls was a clinic in placement and running between the wickets, which included 8 fours and 4 sixes. His strike rate of 184.09 kept the required rate well under control, while Rashid Khan attempted to bring the game back by taking two quick wickets.
There was an atmosphere of panic for some time during the match. Rajat Patidar And Jitesh Sharma There was a rapid collapse, leaving RCB at 173/5. However, Krunal Pandya Showed ice cold nerves, sabotage 23 runs from 12 balls, which included three fours and a six, ended the game brilliantly. RCB reached 206/5 with 7 balls remaining, leaving the home crowd fuming. This win is an important milestone in RCB’s 2026 campaign, proving that Chinnaswamy has the depth in his batting to chase down any target.
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Here’s how fans reacted:
Virat Kohli makes it very easy for his team to chase the target.
That hunger to score runs is unmatched.
– Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) 24 April 2026
Virat Kohli scored runs on 24th April…
– A lion never ignores his lioness.#RCBvsGT #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/pvPfNtfO2S
– CricDoc (@kohliwink) 24 April 2026
Non committed uncle played and anchored the chase with a strike rate of 184 while our kid got to play a disaster innings with a strike rate of 133 and that too in the first innings, it is really incomprehensible that Virat Kohli played that well as a chase master 🙇🙇
– Ahana🌼💫 (@unicorngen6994) 24 April 2026
300 Six Clubs in IPL:
chris gayle
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli*Since 2023, Virat Kohli has played 21 innings in the IPL while batting at number two. His last single digit score, was in 2023. Since then he has 16 40+ scores and 12 50+ scores. pic.twitter.com/corQTE0Wl4
– ᑕᖇIᑕ𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗦💀 (@IAFislife) 24 April 2026
Most runs in this IPL 2026:
Virat Kohli- 328.
Abhishek Sharma- 323.
King Kohli dominated the world at the age of 37 – salute to Virat. 🫡 pic.twitter.com/EYZMsO75tl
— Tanuj (@ImTanujSingh) 24 April 2026
🚨Virat Kohli hit his 300th six in IPL. 🚨
– Second Indian batsman in history. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/fmhcMnJz9A
– Satyapal Singh (@satypalsingh90) 24 April 2026
All about today 👑
Virat Kohli:
• First player to reach 9000 IPL runs 🔥
Return to Orange Cap race
More sixes added to his growing tallyMilestone of 800+ IPL fours completed
The legacy keeps growing… one match at a time ❤️#ViratKohli #RCBvsGT pic.twitter.com/oRZGV8aXXQ— (@VKFanPrathmesh) 24 April 2026
– 7 innings.
– 328 runs.
– 54.67 average.
– 163.18 strike rate.
– 3 fifties.
– 12 sixes.
– 36 fours.Virat Kohli is the orange cap holder in this IPL – Bakrid is ruling at the age of 37! 🙇♂️🥶 https://t.co/rw0tVZkKaB pic.twitter.com/Xv4NVJ25ud
-Radhe Famous VK18 👑🚩 (@honking_93956) 24 April 2026
Virat Kohli is not just a player
He is pure emotion for every Indian fan 🇮🇳❤️salute me king 👑 pic.twitter.com/jlJHe8cxY
— Charvi Vyas (@4Vvyas) 24 April 2026
An appreciation post for Devdutt Padikkal ❤️
Set the tone for the chase as well with Virat, hopefully these chokers don’t ruin it from here on out because I tweeted it 🤙 pic.twitter.com/FCFyztIQ7T
— 𝐒🌸𝐮𝐫🌸𝐛𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩🌸𝐭𝐡𝐢 (@SaurabhTripathS) 24 April 2026
RCB had only one Indian batsman to score 1000+ runs for them in the last 15 years in 2021.
Then Devdutt Padikal came and expressed hope that he is going to be RCB’s next Indian star, and now he is doing so in 2025. pic.twitter.com/5USu06Qj19
-Soman. (@shreyasian96) 24 April 2026
A blistering inning of 55 runs in just 27 balls by local boy Devdutt Padikal for his home franchise. @RCBTweets And he also completed 2000* runs @IPL #IPL2026 #rcb #rcbvgt 🔥😊🤝👏. pic.twitter.com/mZgeKAOQVJ
– Old memories of cricket (@riteshj88156274) 24 April 2026
Devdutt Padikkal please keep playing like this
We are all watching you closely! https://t.co/6DA9qWTxhE
– Sporty😊 (@peamceout) 24 April 2026
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