New Delhi: Sai Sudarshan’s century was not enough for Gujarat Titans to return to winning ways as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) comfortably chased 206 to beat Shubman Gill’s side by five wickets in an IPL 2026 match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday. Virat Kohli And Devdutt Padikkal led the chase. Chasing 206, RCB suffered an early blow when Jacob Bethel was out early. After this, Kohli and Devdutt took charge and added 115 runs for the second wicket to put the home team in a strong position.Kohli scored 81 runs while Devdutt scored 55 runs and their partnership ensured that the asking rate remained under control. RCB completed the chase in 18.5 overs and moved to second place in the points table with 10 points.Kohli got a lease of life when Washington Sundar dropped his catch at zero on the ball of Mohammad Siraj. After that, he settled down and handled Prasidh Krishna and Kagiso Rabada well.He hit two fours off Prasidh, hit a six off Rabada and hit another six off Rashid Khan over midwicket. Kohli completed his half-century in 30 balls.At the other end, Devdutt matched him stroke by stroke. He hit two sixes to Prasidh and also hit a six to Rashid. He completed his half-century 10 balls before Kohli.Rashid finally broke the stand with the ball by bowling Devdutt. Kohli, who looked in control throughout, was later dismissed by Jason Holder after pulling the ball onto his stumps.RCB then lost ground for a while as captain Rajat Patidar and Jitesh Sharma were also out, leaving their score at 173 for five.But Krunal Pandya scored 23 runs in 12 balls and Tim David added 10 runs to give RCB the victory. This was his fourth win over Chinnaswamy in five matches this season.Earlier, with the help of Sai Sudarshan’s 100 runs, Gujarat Titans scored 205 runs for three wickets when invited to bat.Opening with captain Shubman Gill, Sudarshan made a partnership of 128 runs for the first wicket. Gill scored 32 runs in 24 balls, but Sudarshan was the main scorer and dominated the stand.The left-handed batsman scored 46 runs in the powerplay and completed his half-century in 33 balls by hitting a six off Romario Shepherd. His next half-century came in just 24 balls as he attacked the spin of Krunal and Suyyash Sharma.During the innings, Sudarshan also became the fastest batsman to score 2,000 runs in the IPL. He completed his century by taking a single off Suyyash.He was dismissed by Suyyash on his own ball on the score of 91 but he could not last long after the century. He was out on exactly 100 runs by giving a return catch to Josh Hazlewood.After his dismissal, RCB handled things well. From 174 runs for two wickets in the 17th over, Gujarat could score only 31 runs in the last four overs. Holder’s unbeaten 23 off 10 balls helped them cross 200, but it was not enough as RCB completed the chase with ease.