Devdutt Padikkal hits century at Royal Challengers Bangalore
The 20-year-old's innings came off only 52 balls as RCB reached their target of 178 with 3.3 overs to spare.RCB captain Virat Kohli - who scored 72 not out - also became the first man to reach 6,000 IPL runs. Earlier, Royals posted 177-9 from 20 overs, with Shivam Dube scoring 46 and Jos Buttler falling for eight. Top of the table, RCB have now won all four of their matches in this season's IPL, while the Royals remain second from bottom with a solitary win.
Having lost the toss and been put in to bat, the Royals fell to 43-4 after 7.2 overs. Seamer Mohammed Siraj bowled opener Buttlerthe pick of the RCB bowlers with 3-27 - for eight, the England player now averaging 21 from four innings in this year's IPL. Dube then led the Royals' recovery, sharing a 66-run partnership with Riyan Prag (25) for the sixth wicket, while Rahul Tewatia also contributed, with 40 off 23 balls.
RCB seamer Harshal Patel - the top wicket-taker in this season's competition so far with 12 dismissals - picked up 3-47. Padikkal brought up his sixth IPL fifty with a glorious cover drive for four before similarly reaching his maiden IPL ton.RCB captain Kohli played second fiddle to Padikkal for the majority of the chase but combined glorious orthodox cricketing shots with more powerful blows, his innings coming off 47 balls and including six boundaries and three sixes,
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