In a thrilling match on Friday night, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) defeated the Gujarat Titans (GT) by five wickets, allowing Virat Kohli to reclaim the top position in the IPL 2026 Orange Cap table. Kohli opened the batting and scored 81 runs off 44 balls, bringing his total to 328 runs in the tournament, surpassing Abhishek Sharma of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by five runs. Following Kohli, Heinrich Klaasen is third with 320 runs. In the match, Shubman Gill of GT scored 32 runs, bringing his season total to 297 runs, placing him fifth. The game saw only eight wickets fall, with RCB's Rajat Patidar scoring just 8 runs, while B Sai Sudharsan from GT scored a century, marking the fifth of the season. On the bowling side, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took a wicket, raising his tally to 11 wickets, tying him with Jofra Archer and Ravi Bishnoi, and placing them behind the top bowlers.