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BENGALURU, India (AP) – Virat Kohli smashed 81 after he was dropped off the first ball and Royal Challengers Bengaluru ran down Gujarat Titans by five wickets in the Indian Premier League on Friday. Bengaluru comfortably reached 206-5 in 18.5 overs.
Kohli and Padikkal lead Bengaluru into IPL top two after beating Gujarat
BENGALURU, India (AP) - Virat Kohli smashed 81 after he was dropped off the first ball and Royal Challengers Bengaluru ran down Gujarat Titans by five wickets in the Indian Premier League on Friday.
Thanks to Kohli's 44-ball knock and Devdutt Paddikal's 55 in a whirlwind second-wicket stand of 115 runs off 59 balls, Bengaluru comfortably reached 206-5 in 18.5 overs.
Gujarat made 205-3 on the back of opener Sai Sudharsan's even 100 off 58 balls, his third IPL century.
Sudharsan, in his 47th IPL game, became the quickest player to 2,000 IPL runs, eclipsing Chris Gayle's record of 48 matches.
Kohli was dropped by Washington Sundar in Mohammed Siraj's first over and went on to crash eight boundaries and four sixes.
Bengaluru was second in the table after its fourth home win. Gujarat was seventh on net run-rate.
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