Virat Kohli’s banter with Shubman Gill, Ashish Nehra:Suyash Sharma imitates GT captain’s ‘Royal bow celebration’

Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Friday conquered the Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. It was a run-fest triggered by Sai Sudharsan’s ton and a short contribution by Shubman Gill (32). However, it was Virat Kohli (81) and Devdutt Padikkal (55) who laid the foundation for RCB’s victory, which was finished by Krunal Pandya(23) and Tim David(10). The matchup between the sides carried multiple catchy moments, and one even happened before the matchup. Virat Kohli shared multiple light moments in Bengaluru, first shared a laugh with GT coach Ashish Nehra, chatted with Shubman Gill on the field in 1st innings and had a discussion with the Titans skipper during the innings break. Here are the top moments and records from Match 34 of the IPL 2026. RCB vs GT IPL 2026 Match 34 Top Moments Virat Kohli meets his ex-Delhi teammate Ashish Nehra in stands Before the match even started, Virat Kohli surprised his former Delhi teammate and Gujarat Titans coach Ashish Nehra from behind and shared light laugh with the latter. Virat Kohli teases Shubman Gill mid-innings In the first innings, while Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan were on a run against the RCB bowlers and completed a 120+ run partnership, Kohli was seen teasing the Gujarat Titans skipper. After sharing a light moment, the two were seen chatting about something. Suyash Sharma copies Shubman Gill’s celebration After dismissing Shubman Gill for 32(24) in the 1st innings in the 13th over, Suyash Sharma imitated the ‘Royal bow celebration’ that GT skipper usually performs when he completes a milestone, mostly for half centuries and tons. Chat so long, Gill and Kohli spend time during innings break Even after sharing the moment on the field during 1st innings, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill had a brief chat on the field during the innings break as well. One of the previous all-three format captains and a potential three-format skipper of India then caught up with one another. Washington Sundar drops Virat Kohli on zero On the third ball of the first over, Mohammed Siraj almost dismissed Kohli on zero as RCB legend played a mistimed flick. However, Washington Sundar at mid-wicket could not take the sitter and dropped the catch, which proved too costly for GT. Kohli’s 81-run knock then played a crucial role in RCB’s second-highest successful chase in IPL. Sai Sudarshan hits a one-handed six off Krunal’s bouncer In the 9th over of Gujarat’s innings, Sai Sudharshan played a tremendous shot on Krunal Pandya’s ball. Krunal bowled a bouncer on the second ball of the over. Sai played a one-handed cut shot and hit a six over backward point. RCB vs GT, IPL 2026, Records Virat Kohli smashed 800 ours, 300 sixes in IPL history Virat Kohli hit 8 fours on Friday. With this, he has also completed his 800 fours in IPL. He has hit the most fours in the tournament so far with 807. After him is Shikhar Dhawan, who has hit 768 fours. David Warner is third with 663 fours. He also hit 4 sixes during his innings of 81 runs in the match. With this, he also completed his 300 sixes in IPL. He is the third player to cross this milestone. Chris Gayle holds the record for most sixes in IPL, having hit 357 sixes. Rohit Sharma is at number two with 310 sixes. RCB’s 50th win at Chinnaswamy Stadium RCB registered their 50th win at Chinnaswamy. They became the fourth team to do so. The record for most wins at a single venue belongs to Mumbai, who have won 58 matches at Wankhede Stadium. Kolkata is second with 55 wins at Eden Gardens and Chennai is third with 53 wins at MA Chidambaram Stadium. Sai Sudharsan completed fastest 2,000 runs in IPL Gujarat batter Sai Sudharsan scored a brilliant century against RCB. During this innings, he completed 2000 runs in IPL upon scoring 72 runs. He achieved this milestone in just 47 innings, which is the fastest. Earlier, Chris Gayle had completed 2000 runs in 48 innings.