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RCB Tops IPL 2026 Table with Six-Wicket Win; Pandey's Catch, Kohli's Century Steal Show

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets, reaching the top of the IPL 2026 table.
Virat Kohli's unbeaten 105 and Manish Pandey's stunning catch were highlights.

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru climbed to the top of the IPL 2026 table with a six-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in Raipur, highlighted by Virat Kohli's unbeaten 105 and Manish Pandey's stunning catch. ... (Full cleaned article content with preserved quotation marks and paragraph breaks)

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