The other three batters in the top five list are Rinku Singh of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) with 351 runs at a strike rate of 195, Tim David from Mumbai Indians (MI) who has scored 290 runs at a strike rate of 207.14 and at the fifth number comes left-hand batter David Miller from Gujarat Titans (GT) who has scored 285 runs at a strike rate of 161.01.

Coming to the match, Punjab Kings (PBKS) saw their batters getting starts but none of them could convert them into something big. Skipper Shikhar Dhawan (45 in 37 balls with five fours and a six), Jitesh Sharma (27 in 20 balls with a four and two sixes) and Sam Curran (23 in 17 balls) played decent knocks, but on a batting-friendly Chinnaswammy pitch, PBKS could muster only 176/6 in 20 overs.

Mohammed Siraj (2/26) and Glenn Maxwell (2/29) took two scalps each. Yash Dayal and Alzarri Joseph took a wicket each.

In the chase of 177, RCB lost wickets at regular intervals, but Virat (77 in 49 balls, with 11 fours and two sixes) held the ship steady at the other end. After his dismissal, things got tricky for RCB, but strong finish from Dinesh Karthik (28* in 10 balls, with three fours and two sixes) and Mahipal Lomror (17* in eight balls, with two fours and a six) guided the team to a four-wicket win with four balls left.

Harpreet Brar (2/13) and Kagiso Rabada (2/23) were the pick of the bowlers for PBKS. Kohli was awarded Player of the Match for his marvellous innings.