{"id":15337,"date":"2026-06-01T11:28:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T05:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ipl-2026-virat-kohli-shines-again-with-unbeaten-75-surpasses-rohit-sharma-in-elite-list-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T05:58:35","slug":"ipl-2026-virat-kohli-shines-again-with-unbeaten-75-surpasses-rohit-sharma-in-elite-list-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ipl-2026-virat-kohli-shines-again-with-unbeaten-75-surpasses-rohit-sharma-in-elite-list-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Virat Kohli shines again with unbeaten 75, surpasses Rohit Sharma in elite list | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131434990,imgsize-84850,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/131434990.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: Virat Kohli shines again with unbeaten 75, surpasses Rohit Sharma in elite list\" title=\"Virat Kohli (Image: IPL\/BCCI)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Virat Kohli (Image: IPL\/BCCI)\">Virat Kohli (Image: IPL\/BCCI)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Royal Challengers Bengaluru successfully defended their IPL crown by defeating Gujarat Titans by five wickets in the IPL 2026 final at the same Ahmedabad venue where they lifted their maiden title a year ago.<!-- --> Fittingly, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/virat-kohli\/3993\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Virat Kohli<\/a> who sealed the victory with the winning six, capping off another memorable night in the franchise&#8217;s history.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Kohli once again underlined his status as one of the IPL&#8217;s all-time greats with a match-winning unbeaten 75 off 42 balls. His knock earned him the Player of the Match award, making him the second-oldest player to win the honour in an IPL final.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Oldest Players to Win Player of the Match in an IPL Final:<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"10\">\n<ul>\n<li>Anil Kumble (RCB, 2009) \u2013 38 years, 219 days<\/li>\n<li>Virat Kohli (RCB, 2026) \u2013 37 years, 207 days<\/li>\n<li>Faf du Plessis (CSK, 2021) \u2013 37 years, 94 days<\/li>\n<li>Shane Watson (CSK, 2018) \u2013 36 years, 344 days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The award also helped Kohli achieve another significant milestone. <!-- -->He moved past Rohit Sharma to become the Indian player with the most Player of the Match awards in IPL history. Having been tied with Rohit on 21 awards, Kohli&#8217;s performance in the final took him to 22, drawing level with Chris Gayle in the overall standings.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Most Player of the Match Awards in IPL History:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"22\">\n<ul>\n<li>AB de Villiers \u2013 25<\/li>\n<li>Chris Gayle \u2013 22<\/li>\n<li>Virat Kohli \u2013 22<\/li>\n<li>Rohit Sharma \u2013 21<\/li>\n<li>MS Dhoni \u2013 1 8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru continued their dominance and clinched back-to-back IPL titles after defeating Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets in the IPL 2026 Final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>GT posted 155\/8 in their 20 overs, but RCB&#8217;s disciplined bowling attack kept the dangerous batting lineup in check. Despite a few late boundaries, Gujarat never managed to build substantial partnerships and finished with a below-par total.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>In reply, RCB chased down the target comfortably, reaching 161\/5 in just 18 overs. Virat Kohli led the charge with a brilliant unbeaten 75 off 42 balls, anchoring the innings and ensuring there were no late hiccups. His knock proved decisive as RCB crossed the finish line with two overs to spare and sealed their second consecutive IPL crown. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/ipl-2026-virat-kohli-shines-again-with-unbeaten-75-surpasses-rohit-sharma-in-elite-list\/articleshow\/131434938.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virat Kohli (Image: IPL\/BCCI) Royal Challengers Bengaluru successfully defended their IPL crown by defeating Gujarat Titans by five wickets in the IPL 2026 final at the same Ahmedabad venue where they lifted their maiden title a year ago. Fittingly, it was Virat Kohli who sealed the victory with the winning six, capping off another memorable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}