IPL 2016, GL v RCB: Virat Kohli’s maiden T20 ton in vain as GL beat RCB by six wickets

Virat Kohli celebrates after scoring his first T20 hundred against Gujarat Lions.

Virat Kohli who is leading Royal Challengers Bangalore in the ninth edition of the Indian Premier League scored his maiden Twenty20 century against Gujarat Lions on Sunday.

After winning the toss and electing to bat, Kohli opened the innings with Shane Watson. Lions managed to get early break-throughs with dismissals of Watson and AB de Villiers.

Kohli and KL Rahul pair contributed a partnership of 121 runs in 12.1 overs for the fourth wicket. Kohli’s century came in 63 balls with the help of eleven fours and one six. KL Rahul also scored 51 runs of 35 balls. With his thunderous knock, Kohli regained the Orange Cap from Sunrisers Hyderabad’s David Warner with the Indian Test skipper standing 73 runs ahead of Warner.

Virat Kohli in #IPL 2016
dots: 62
1s: 127
2s: 20
3s: 2
4s: 35
6s: 9
Balls:255
Runs: 367#GLvRCB

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) 24 April 2016

Have to say @imVkohli makes T20 Batting look a piece of piss….. #IPL2016

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) April 24, 2016

Virat @imVkohli You superstar. Congrats on your magnificent 100 today. Am so proud of you and your contribution to RCB @RCBTweets

— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) April 24, 2016

Whatta knock @imVkohli – that’s perfect cricketing grammar macha – unbelievable knock. God bless #GLvRCB @CNNnews18

— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth) April 24, 2016

Very good knock by @imVkohli serious striking. Quality player he is. 👌👍 1st 20/20 100 congrats.

— David Warner (@davidwarner31) April 24, 2016

Unmatched, top class, master class from Virat Kohli again. A 100 @IPL now. #superman effort #GLvRCB

— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) April 24, 2016

@imVkohli taking over from @BrianLara as the best player I have had the priveledge of watching….great in Test, ODI & T20 cricket #IPL2016

— Matthew Hayden AM (@HaydosTweets) April 24, 2016

Brilliant way to get his first T20 hundred. Leading from the front, Captain @imVkohli@RCBTweets@IPL#Aaaarrrrcccccbbbb

— Rohan Bopanna (@rohanbopanna) April 24, 2016

Inspite of Kohli’s ton Gujarat batsmen managed to chase RCB’s total with 6 wickets in hand. By defeating Bangalore, Gujarat Lions are now at the top of the table with four wins out of the five games they have played so far in the tournament. Kohli’s maiden T20 hundred went in vain as Brendon McCullum and Dinesh Kartik produced a clinical batting display.