IPL 2026: Virat Kohli’s flying kiss to Anushka steals show in RCB’s big win over SRH
Virat Kohli shines with an unbeaten 69 and shares a flying kiss with Anushka Sharma as Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026.
Virat Kohli shines with an unbeaten 69 and shares a flying kiss with Anushka Sharma as Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026.
RCB defeated SRH in the IPL 2026 season opener at Chinnaswamy after chasing down 201 with 203/4 in 16 overs, led by a fluent Virat Kohli half-century.
RCB players will wear black armbands in their IPL 2026 opener against SRH to honour the 11 fans who lost their lives in a stampede during last year’s title celebrations.
The match marks RCB’s first appearance at the stadium since the tragic stampede during their title celebrations in June 2025, which claimed 11 lives.
Having already secured a playoff berth, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will now turn their focus on a top-two finish in the league stage of IPL 2025, a feat they haven’t achieved since 2016, when they face Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their penultimate league clash in Lucknow on Friday.
The Sunrisers have already breached the 250-mark thrice this season, and the carnage at the M Chinnaswamy in Bengaluru will be still fresh in the minds of the RCB fans as they prepare for the reverse fixture at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
Notably, Kohli now has the joint-most centuries in the history of the league with Chris Gayle (6).
Talking about the catch, even RCB skipper Virat Kohli also heaped praises on him.
With Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) keeping their play-offs chances alive, skipper Virat Kohli has credited the bowlers for a handing…
Both AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali scored the fifties.
