Virat Kohli‘s brilliance and the finishing touches from Dinesh Karthik and Mahipal Lomror led Royal Challengers Bengaluru to their maiden win of IPL 2024. They chased down the goal of 177 within the last over with 4 wickets in hand on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Virat Kohli turned on his beast mode as he seemed in sensible contact throughout his stroke-filled 77-run knock. Kohli’s outing was laced with 11 boundaries and two sixes as he held the hosts in a solidly throughout the run-chase. While the remaining of his companions couldn’t do a lot, he carried the staff along with his stroke-filled knock. 

The former RCB captain acquired to his 92nd T20 fifty and his a hundredth fifty-plus rating in 31 balls. He was fast to get off the blocks as he smashed Sam Curran for 4 boundaries within the first over itself. He continued his work with three extra boundaries within the fourth over. he continued going nicely after the powerplay too with some boundaries and good operating between the wicket. In the sixteenth over, little after he hit Harshal Patel for 2 back-to-back fours, the 35-year-old departed after he sliced one to deep backward level. His wicket noticed, Curran getting Anuj Rawat within the subsequent over and the competition opened up.

But the designated finisher Karthik and impression sub Lomror had been cool as a cucumber on the dying as they manoeuvred the chase.

Punjab Kings made 176 batting first. Shikhar Dhawan was rock stable on the high of the order along with his 37-ball 45, whereas there have been some contributions from Prabhsimran, Sam Curran and Jitesh Sharma. Notably, Shashank Singh’s eight-ball 21 powered the Kings to over 170.