Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will take on Gujarat Titans (GT) in Match 34 of IPL 2026 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday, with the focus on Virat Kohli approaching a major milestone.Another record haul for Virat Kohli Kohli, the highest run-scorer in IPL history with 8,908 runs, needs 92 more runs to reach the 9,000-run mark. He has played 273 matches so far, scoring eight hundreds and 65 fifties.He has been with RCB since the start of IPL in 2008 and has never entered the auction. With eight centuries, Virat Kohli also holds the record for most hundreds in the league.
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Varun Aaron on team performance and key momentsAgainst Gujarat Titans, Kohli averages 87.75. His scores against them are 58 (53), 73 (54), 101* (61), 70* (44), 42 (27) and 7 (6).For Gujarat Titans, Jos Buttler had a mixed bag against RCB, with two hundreds and two ducks in the last five innings.RCB come into the match on the back of their first home defeat of IPL 2026, a loss to Delhi Capitals on 18 April. Despite that, they have been one of the better teams this season and will look to answer Chinnaswamy in their last home game. After that, their remaining two home matches will be played at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur.Meanwhile, Gujarat Titans hammered Mumbai Indians (MI) by 99 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on April 20. The result ended their three-match winning streak and they will be looking to bounce back, though playing in Bengaluru poses a challenge.
