Jacks, playing in his first IPL, is the third England batter to make a century at this year’s tournament after Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow.
“Initially when he came to bat, he was annoyed that he wasn’t able to strike the ball as he wanted to,” Kohli said of Jacks.
“The only talk was for him to stay calm. I was just happy to stay around and watch him go.”
Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell returned for RCB after taking a short “mental and physical break” and took 1-28 as the hosts fielded first.
Sudarshan shared an 86-run stand with Shahrukh Khan (58) and put on 69 runs with South Africa’s David Miller (26) to guide Gujarat to a decent total.
RCB lost Faf du Plessis at 40-1 but Jacks and Kohli combined well, Kohli reaching his 50 off 32 balls before his partner took over.
Jacks’ fifty came from 31 balls but he reached his century with a six off Afghanistan spinner Rashid just 10 deliveries later in an astonishing display of hitting.
Despite their win RCB remain bottom of the table with just three victories from 10 matches, while Gujarat are seventh.
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