Virat Kohli's breakneck 92 off 47, plus his spectacular direct hit to run Shashank Singh out, were the basis of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB's) fourth consecutive win, this time against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Dharamsala. The result kept RCB's hopes of making the IPL 2024 playoffs alive, if only just, but knocked PBKS out of contention. RCB batted first and shot their approach to 241 for 7, with Rajat Patidar crashing 55 off 23, and Cameron Green hitting 46 off 27. Both had useful organizations with Kohli, worth 76 off 32 and 92 off 46 separately. Accordingly, PBKS began solid, however RCB's spinners - Karn Sharma and Swapnil Singh - were powerful through the early center overs, excusing Rilee Rossouw in the 10th, Jitesh Sharma in the eleventh, and Liam Livingstone in the twelfth. With the necessary rate now high over the run rate, it was drapes for PBKS. They finished 181 all out after 17 overs. The Kohli show, Part I Kohli at any rate began the match as the IPL's most elevated run-scorer. Yet, having been reprieved on nothing, he proceeded to play one of his best innings of a heavenly season, tracking down limits through the covers, through midwicket, and down the ground - his footwork frequently faultless. However he opened the batting, he had very little the strike, confronting just 14 balls in the powerplay. Yet, after a short time he was striking at above and beyond 150, as he tracked down proficient accomplices in Patidar (who was the more forceful accomplice in their stand), and afterward Green. It was a rare Kohli innings, loaded with strong wristy flicks and hard running, however towards the end he likewise got his six-hitting game going, getting done with six maximums by and large. He appeared to be ready to make his subsequent triple-figure score of the time, yet cut a wide Arshdeep Singh conveyance and was gotten at profound cover in the eighteenth over. The Kohli show, Part II Kohli's wild gestures, it ends up, are by all accounts not the only use of his energy on the field. Fourth wad of the fourteenth over into the PBKS innings, they required 92 runs off 39 balls, and for however long Shashank was at the wrinkle, they had a remote possibility. In any case, that is when Sam Curran dropped one towards midwicket and called for two, and that was when Kohli took off from profound midwicket, speeding towards the ball, plunging on it, and slipping it mid-jump towards the one wicket he needed to focus on, and tracked down his objective. Shashank was not as focused on the run as Kohli was to this piece of handling, and Shashank was centimeters shy of his ground, not having placed in a plunge. He was out for 39 off 19 balls, leaving PBKS 151 for 6. They would wind up losing their last five wickets for 30 runs. RCB's spinners make huge advances Before that Kohli run out, in any case, legspinner Karn and left-arm spinner Swapnil had made imperative strikes too. Swapnil eliminated Prabhsimran Singh in the first over of the innings, prior to returning the center overs to get Liam Livingstone gently offer a main edge into the covers. Karn took two major wickets as well. He previously had the resistance's best hitter Rossouw got at long-on in the 10th over, and afterward bowled a major, delicious legbreak that clacked into Jitesh's stumps in the eleventh over. In spite of the fact that they would miss the mark, PBKS looked fit for pursuing down 242 toward the beginning. They made 75 in the powerplay, because of Rossouw, who had pummeled seven fours and a six while the handling limitations were set up. Rossouw kept on impacting RCB's crease bowlers specifically, motoring his direction to a 21-ball 50 years, before Karn in the long run got him. Jonny Bairstow's 27 off 16, and Shashank's thump were the other serious supporters. Brief Scores: Royal Challengers Bengaluru 241/7 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 92, Rajat Patidar 55; Harshal Patel 3-38, Vidwath Kaverappa 2-36) beat Punjab Kings 181 in 17 overs (Rilee Rossouw 61, Shashank Singh 37; Mohammed Siraj 3-37, Swapnil Singh 2-28) by 60 runs