Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batsman Virat Kohli continued his excellent form and scored the eighth century of his IPL career against Rajasthan Royals, but Rajasthan opener Jos Buttler spoiled Kohli's celebration by scoring a stormy century. RCB had scored 183 runs for three wickets in 20 overs with the help of Kohli's unbeaten inning of 113 runs, but Rajasthan scored 189 runs for four wickets with five balls remaining with the help of Jos Buttler's unbeaten 100 and captain Sanju Samson's half-century of 69. Made and won.

Rajasthan reached the top
With this victory over RCB, Rajasthan team has reached the top of the points table with four wins in four matches and eight, while Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team is in second place with six points. At the same time, after three consecutive defeats, the RCB team has slipped to eighth place with two points from five matches with four defeats and one win.

Yashasvi flopped again
While chasing the target of 184 runs by RCB, Rajasthan did not have a good start and the team lost the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal in the very first over. Yashasvi was out without opening the account. Yashasvi's bat is silent in the current IPL and he is struggling to score runs. In view of the T20 World Cup, Yashasvi's struggle to score runs continuously is a cause of concern not only for Rajasthan but also for the Indian team.

Butler-Samson tied the knot
After losing Yashasvi without opening the account, Butler and captain Sanju Samson together took charge of the innings and both the batsmen laid the foundation of the team's victory by making a partnership of 148 runs for the second wicket. Buttler and Samson were playing a little slow in the beginning, but after the powerplay, Buttler opened his hands. Buttler was struggling to score runs this season before this match. He had played innings of 11, 11 and 13 runs in the last three matches, but in this match Butler's bat spoke loudly. He took on every bowler and was successful in returning to form on the home ground of Rajasthan. During this time, Samson supported Butler brilliantly. Samson scored another half-century, but lost his wicket after hitting a fifty. After Samson's dismissal, Rajasthan's innings faltered a bit in the middle and they soon lost the wickets of Riyan Parag (4) and Dhruv Jurel (2). However, Butler stood firm at the other end and completed his century with a six and led the team to victory. Butler hit nine fours and four sixes in his innings of 58 balls. Along with Butler, Shimran Hetmyer returned unbeaten after scoring 11 runs with the help of two fours in six balls. With this, the century of Kohli, who had played a courageous innings for his team, went in vain.

Great start for Kohli-Duplessis
Earlier, Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson won the toss and decided to bowl first and for RCB, captain Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli came to open the innings. Samson's decision backfired as the opening pair of Virat Kohli and captain Faf Duplessis gave RCB a steady start against Rajasthan Royals. Both the batsmen completed half-century partnerships till the end of the powerplay for the first wicket. After the end of six overs, RCB had scored 53 runs without losing any wicket. This is the first time this season that RCB did not lose any wicket during the powerplay. At the same time, Virat Kohli became the player who scored the most runs in the powerplay this season. Kohli has scored 121 runs so far during this period. This century partnership between these two batsmen was soon completed. Kohli and Duplessis had a century partnership for the fifth time in the IPL and became the joint second pair to make the highest century partnership in the IPL.

Kohli scored his eighth century
Virat Kohli continued his excellent form against Rajasthan and scored his first century of the current season of IPL. Kohli became the first player to score a century this season. This is the eighth century of Kohli's IPL career. Kohli completed his century in 67 balls. However, RCB captain Faf Duplessis missed a half-century against Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan spinner Yuzvendra Chahal gave the first success to the team. Duplessis was out after scoring 44 runs on 33 balls. With this, the partnership of 125 runs for the first wicket between Kohli and Duplessis was broken. This was the 47th century partnership for RCB in IPL which was ended by Chahal. After this, Nandre Berger gave second success to Rajasthan Royals. Glenn Maxwell returned to the pavilion after scoring one run in three balls. After this, Chahal once again demonstrated his brilliant bowling and dismissed Saurav Chauhan, who was playing his debut match, on the score of nine runs. However, Kohli remained at the other end and returned to the pavilion unbeaten after scoring a brilliant century.

Kohli completed 7500 runs in IPL
RCB's star batsman Virat Kohli has completed 7500 runs in this tournament during the match being played against Rajasthan Royals. Kohli has become the first batsman to achieve this feat after scoring 34 runs. Kohli is the highest run scorer in IPL. On one hand, while other players have not been able to complete even seven thousand runs till now, Kohli has reached the achievement of scoring 7500 runs.