India, May 14 -- Virat Kohli scored an effortless hundred with just three sixes to guide Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a six-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in a rain-delayed IPL game at Raipur on Wednesday.

A target of 193 was never really going to be enough but KKR probably lost the match when Kohli-he became the most capped IPL player with 279 games-and Devdutt Padikkal were allowed to add 92 runs for the second wicket after Padikkal was dropped early. The win restored RCB to the top of the table with 16 points, leaving KKR facing a tough scenario where they have to win their remaining three matches to stay in contention for the playoffs.

Kartik Tyagi gave some early hope by removing Jacob Bethel with a 144kph bouncer but Kohl...