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Virat Kohli scored his 5th IPL hundred and became the first captain ever to score 5 centuries in the Indian Premier League. Chris Gayle is the only other player who has scored six centuries in the IPL.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won their second match of the season against Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday in the Eden Gardens.

The 'Men in Yellow' restricted the opposition to a below-par total of 161 and chased it comfortably in the end to register their seventh win. 

Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets in M A Chidambaram stadium on Tuesday

KKR sorely felt the absence of a power hitter down the order who can turn matches on its head. It looks like Russell 2.0 is more menacing, hungrier and more devastating.

Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday defeated Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets 

RCB is now in a precarious position after losing their fifth consecutive match against Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday

Before the start of the tournament, the majority of the fans and pundits picked the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle and other destructive top-order batsmen as favourites to win the ‘Orange Cap’, but Andre Russell has surprised one and all with his hitting and more importantly consistency in the first week of IPL 2019

The appeal was initiated by Kings XI Punjab spinner Varun Chakravarthy, who was on the receiving end of a flurry of massive sixes from KKR's swashbuckling batsman Andre Russell in a recent IPL game

Andre Russell, who hit a sensational 19-ball 49 against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in KKR's previous match, bludgeoned his way to a 17-ball 48 to propel the home side to a massive 218/4 after being sent into bat in their IPL 2019 match. He later took two wickets for 21 runs to help KKR restrict KXIP to 190/4

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) were off to a winning start in IPL 2019 thanks to all-rounder Andre Russell's sensational knock against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Eden Gardens on Sunday

Gautam Gambhir, who led the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to two IPL titles, feels players could be fresh physically for the World Cup by opting out of the tournament, but will be lacking in form for the showpiece event

The inaugural auction created a lot of buzz with some players being tagged as icon players. Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians), Sourav Ganguly (Kolkata Knight Riders), Rahul Dravid (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Yuvraj Singh (Kings XI Punjab), and Virender Sehwag (Delhi Daredevils) were classified as icon players for the inaugural IPL season in 2008 and they did not enter the auction

MyNation brings you little-known facts about Juhi Chawla, former Miss India, actress, film producer and owner of Kolkata Knight Riders, as she cuts that cake