India, April 25 -- Death. Taxes. Virat Kohli stepping up in run chases. These three things are certain in life. The former India captain produced a masterclass on Friday night at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru as the defending Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) defeated the Gujarat Titans by five wickets. The right-handed batter played with a strike rate of 184.09, scoring 81 runs off 44 balls, including eight boundaries and four sixes, helping RCB chase down 206 with five wickets in hand and seven balls to spare.

Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal made light work of the chase as the duo put on 115 runs for the second wicket off just 59 balls, with the latter scoring 55 off 27. The duo weren't able to...