Bangalore beat Punjab by 7 wickets, Kohli and Padikkal hit fifties

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings by 7 wickets in the 37th match of IPL. RCB won its fifth consecutive match outside the home ground in the 18th season. Bangalore chose to bowl at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium in Mullanpur. Punjab scored 157 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Bangalore achieved the target in the 19th over at the loss of only 3 wickets.

Virat Kohli scored 73 and Devdutt Padikkal scored 61 runs from RCB. Kohli became the player to score 50 plus scores the most number of times in IPL, 67 times. He left David Warner behind. Krunal Pandya and Suyash Sharma took 2-2 wickets. Prabhsimran Singh scored 33 and Shashank Singh scored 31 runs from Punjab. Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar and Yuzvendra Chahal got 1-1 wickets.

Jitesh Sharma hit the winning six

Jitesh Sharma hit a six on the fifth ball of the 19th over, with this RCB won the match by 7 wickets. Jitesh scored 11 runs. In front of him Virat Kohli remained not out after scoring 73 runs. Kohli hit his 59th fifty in IPL. He has also scored 8 centuries.

Virat Kohli hit a fifty on 43 balls.

Virat Kohli hit a fifty in the 15th over. He took a single on the fifth ball of the over and completed his half century on 43 balls. This was his 59th fifty in IPL. He has also scored 8 centuries. Kohli became the player to score fifty plus scores the most number of times in IPL i.e. 67 times.