IPL 2026: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) became the third team to defend the title in the history of the Indian Premier League 2026, Virat Kohli the chase master once again showed it and played a beautiful knock of 75 runs not-out. King Kohli created too many records and helped RCB to achieve their second straight IPL triumph. Whenever teams are stuck in any hurdle, Virat is always there to lead from the front and he single handedly managed RCB to win the match. We will take a look at how RCB achieved their second ever IPL title.
RCB joined MI, CSK elite list
Royal Challengers Bangalore now officially became a third team to defend their title. Before RCB, Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians have won the consecutive IPL title. In 2010 and 2011 CSK became the first team to defend the IPL title. In 2019 and 2020 Mumbai Indians under Rohit Sharma became the second team to defend the IPL trophy and now, RCB under Rajat Patidar became the third team in the history of IPL to defend the title.
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Virat made bunch of Records
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Virat Kohli hit the fastest IPL half century and he completed the remarkable milestone of his IPL career. Also, King Kohli became the first Indian to achieve the Most Player of the Tournament Award in the history of Indian Premier league. Now, Kohli holds 21 POTM awards. Also against the Gujarat titans he hit 4th fifty in T20 tournaments final and became a first player to do so.
Virat Kohli in IPL season 2026
Virat Kohli has been incredible this season, he ended his season on number 4 spot in orange cap list. Out of 16 innings he played with the batting average of 57.90 and strike rate of 165.90 with help of 5 half-centuries and one century overall he scored 675 runs and his best score was 105 runs.
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