Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Virat Kohli’s 105-runs from 60 deliveries have helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets. Earlier, Angkrish Raghuvanshi’s 71-ball 46 helped Kolkata Knight Riders to get to 192/4 from 20 overs after Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar won the toss and opted to bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders led by Ajinkya Rahane in match 57 in the Indian Premier League 2026 at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Wednesday
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Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane(c), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Venkatesh Iyer, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam Dar, Jacob Duffy, Josh Hazlewood
Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2026 – Match 57
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
194/4 (19.1)
vs
Kolkata Knight Riders
192/4 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Match 57 )
Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 6 wickets
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Kohli looking to avoid hat-trick of ducks, Watson hoping he falls early again
Kohli has scored 379 runs thus far this season in 11 innings at a strike rate of 163.36 and average of 42.11 with three-half centuries. (BCCI/Creimas Photo)
Virat Kohli had been consistently among the runs for much of the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) season until the last couple of matches, in which the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) veteran fell for ducks. He first fell for a two-ball duck in RCB’s match against Lucknow Super Giants and then for a golden duck in Raipur against Mumbai Indians. Now, RCB are set to face Kolkata Knight Riders in their second home match in Raipur and Kohli is hoping to avoid a hat-trick of ducks.
Naturally, KKR’s assistant coach Shane Watson is hoping for the opposite. “Every team has plans against Virat Kohli because he’s one of the best players in the world. But the challenge is that he knows exactly how to counter those plans as well,” Watson told reporters on the eve of the match.
