{"id":50200,"date":"2026-04-24T22:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=50200"},"modified":"2026-04-24T22:32:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:02:55","slug":"ipl-2026-rcb-vs-gt-virat-kohli-reaches-twin-ipl-milestones-during-rcb-vs-gujarat-titans-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026-rcb-vs-gt-virat-kohli-reaches-twin-ipl-milestones-during-rcb-vs-gujarat-titans-game\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 RCB vs GT: Virat Kohli reaches twin IPL milestones during RCB vs Gujarat Titans game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kohli reaches another landmark<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Virat Kohli has started IPL 2026 with a more attacking approach, looking to score early without losing control. The change is clear in his intent from the first few balls, where he is taking calculated risks rather than settling in.<\/p>\n<p>That intent has come with numbers. Kohli became the first batter in IPL history to reach 800 fours and also went past 300 sixes, joining Chris Gayle and Rohit Sharma in that elite list. He was dropped on nought early on, a missed chance off Mohammed Siraj, and made it count as he continues to anchor RCB\u2019s chase with Devdutt Padikkal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Padikkal supports as stand grows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Devdutt Padikkal and Kohli rebuilt after the early loss of Jacob Bethell. Kohli moved to 33 not out, while Padikkal was unbeaten on 21, keeping the scoring rate steady.<\/p>\n<p>They added runs through the off side and did not allow the pressure to build. The field restrictions helped, but the placement and running were controlled. Gujarat did not create enough chances after the early wicket.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase on track after quick start<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chasing 206, Royal Challengers Bengaluru reached 134 for 12 after seven overs. They were 58 for 1 at the end of the powerplay.<\/p>\n<p>The target now stands at 72 from 48 balls. The chase is well set with wickets in hand and a stable partnership in place. Gujarat need breakthroughs to shift the game, but Kohli\u2019s start, built on timing and placement, has kept the hosts ahead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gujarat Titans Playing XI-\u00a0<\/strong>Shubman Gill (c), B Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj<\/p>\n<p><strong>Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing XI-\u00a0<\/strong>Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impact Substitutions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Royal Challengers Bengaluru \u2013 Jacob Bethell, Venkatesh Iyer, Mangesh Yadav, Jordan Cox, Vicky Ostwal<\/p>\n<p>Gujarat Titans \u2013 Prasidh Krishna, Anuj Rawat, Nishant Sindhu, Arshad Khan, Glenn Phillips<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kohli reaches another landmark Virat Kohli has started IPL 2026 with a more attacking approach, looking to score early without\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":50212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50200"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50215,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50200\/revisions\/50215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}