Virat Kohli gatecrashes Kagiso Rabada's podcast with friendly banter

Virat Kohli has eight IPL hundreds to his name. But rarely has an almost-hundred been so devastating. Laced with six sixes and seven boundaries, 92 off 47 balls was exactly the kind of platform RCB needed to pile up 241/7 against Punjab Kings at Dharamsala before their bowlers held their nerve to close out a 60-run win and stay in the hunt for the playoffs.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Virat Kohli celebrates(ANI)

But Kohli shouldn’t have even opened his account. Ashutosh Sharma had ample time to get into a good position after Kohli’s miscued hoick off Vidwath Kaverappa sent the ball swirling in the air. But he barely got a hand to it.

Given a life, Kohli made the most of it as RCB scored 119 in the first 10 overs and 122 in the next 10 after a rain-forced break. Kohli paced his innings like only he can—his first two sixes coming in the initial 6.1 overs before taking the aerial route again from the 15th over. If his fifty came in 32 balls, the next 42 came off 15.