RCB move top of IPL as Kohli ton leads side past KKR

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kohli-virat/U7w3X0qp/"]Kohli[/a] returned to form after back-to-back ducks as he steered his team home in a chase of 193 in Raipur with an excellent 60-ball innings.[/p][p]The 37-year-old scored his ninth IPL hundred, hitting 11 fours and three sixes.[/p][p]Kohli also became the fastest player to reach 14,000 runs in T20 cricket as he achieved the feat in 409 innings, bettering [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gayle-chris/xdogjJGD/"]Chris Gayle[/a]'s 423.[/p][p][b]"I just love batting," said Kohli. "What an honour to be playing at this level. This is all I have done all my life. I want to make the most of every day."[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/royal-challengers-bengaluru/ObLbexsS/"]Bengaluru[/a] notched their eighth victory in 12 matches this season to usurp [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gujarat-titans/WxbsgtO5/"]Gujarat Titans[/a] at the top of the 10-team table on net run-rate, moving closer to securing a playoff spot.[/p][p]Three-time champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kolkata-knight-riders/nmRRRXaA/"]Kolkata[/a] suffered their sixth defeat in 11 matches as their slim chances of making the playoffs suffered a blow.[/p][p]The top four will make the playoffs, with the final to be played in Ahmedabad on May 31st.[/p][p]Kohli got off the mark with a single in the first over of the chase, punching the air in mock celebration after his successive ducks.[/p][p][b]"There's a reason why people say pressure is a privilege," said Kohli.[/b][/p][p][b]"Good pressure always makes you improve your game. You go a level up, you keep improving your game. I was nervous, I just wanted to get off the mark."[/b][/p][embed guid="2a781e6b-4398-428e-8f41-e407e863b588" url="https://x.com/RCBTweets/status/2054636620364829152" social-type="twitter" /][p]He lost his opening partner, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bethell-jacob/AgfFyxtl/"]Jacob Bethell[/a], for 15 but put on 92 runs with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/padikkal-devdutt/h2IB22df/"]Devdutt Padikkal[/a], who made 39, for the second wicket.[/p][p]Kohli was dropped on 21 and made Kolkata pay, bringing up his fifty in 32 balls.[/p][p]Bengaluru lost Padikkal, skipper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gaikwad-ruturaj/E7aijVBe/"]Ruturaj Gaikwad[/a] and then [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/david-tim/vBbcnzCQ/"]Tim David[/a] to a stunning one-handed diving catch at backward point by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pandey-manish/4IPfByt0/"]Manish Pandey[/a].[/p][p][b]But Kohli kept calm to reach his first hundred of the season, soaking in the applause before wicketkeeper-batter [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sharma-jitesh/OhoqN3bF/"]Jitesh Sharma[/a] hitting the winning runs.[/b][/p][p]Earlier, Kolkata posted 192-4 after a 46-ball 71 by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/raghuvanshi-angkrish/GEmsGLAj/"]Angkrish Raghuvanshi[/a].[/p][p]Raghuvanshi put on strong partnerships, including with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/green-cameron/215OHqmh/"]Cameron Green[/a], who scored 32, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/singh-rinku/S6NK91WJ/"]Rinku Singh[/a], who finished with a flourish in his unbeaten, 29-ball 49.[/p][p]Pace bowlers [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kumar-bhuvneshwar/CWS7WKbj/"]Bhuvneshwar Kumar[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hazlewood-josh/zkKrMn0r/"]Josh Hazlewood[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/salam-rasikh/v5D9Gbqp/"]Rasikh Salam[/a] took one wicket each.[/p]